I suppose that is another dimension. From Richmond to York is about as far
from the sea as you can get, there was a canal up to Ripon, but further north
had few transport options.
No doubt with the capital city having the option of rail (with competition)
and sea transport, they could get cheap coal. I had thought that some of the
big wigs at the Court of Common Pleas or those on Select committees, etc. who
were looking into the monopoly, might have had friends on the board of the
Railway Company, but so long as the capital got cheap coal, who would worry
about a rural part of Yorkshire.
The monopoly area might just have been a triangle from about Richmond to
Stokesley and York.
Regards
Ian
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