Reasons For Growth
The Vale of Aylesbury is a large flat area of land, and therefore ideal for urban development. From the 19th century onwards, other major factors contributing to the growth of Aylesbury were:
- 1814- The opening of the Grand Union Canal branch to London and Birmingham
- 1839- Railway links to the London and Birmingham Railway, today's West Coast Main Line in the form of the Cheddington to Aylesbury Line, the world's first branch line.
- 1865- First factories constructed
- 1892-Metropolitan Railway link to London
- 1960s- new housing encourages people to move to Aylesbury.
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