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and had done so without a Bill ever coming before parliament Connell, Andrew (2017). "'Godless Clowns': Resisting the Railway and Keeping the 'Wrong Sort of People' out of the Lake District". Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. 17 (3rd series): 153–172. doi:10.5284/1084864. (Post-Thirlmere, where Lake District railway bills reached committee stage, instructions to the committee required it to consider the impact on scenery, but in both cases the bill was rejected on other grounds)
Ritvo, Harriet (2007). "Manchester v. Thirlmere and the Construction of the Victorian Environment". Victorian Studies. 49 (3): 457–481. doi:10.2979/VIC.2007.49.3.457. S2CID143477997.
"10. THIRLMERE Description, History and Development"(PDF). Gov.uk. Lake District National Park Authority. Retrieved 4 March 2017. - apparently part of a larger document (title unknown, and not accessible from the LDNPA website)
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