Sheardown (1869, p. 71) gives a figure of 18 miles between Staddlethorpe and Thorne, seemingly erroneously. Sheardown, William (1865), Doncaster in 1869
South Yorkshire Railway (Sheffield and Thorne) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 141); An Act to enable the South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company to make Railways near Sheffield and Thorne, and to exercise other Powers.