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19. TELEGRAPH STATIONS 1862

A consolidated list of  the 1,178 cities and towns in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland with public telegraphs in the year 1862, whether worked by telegraph or railway companies. London is omitted and cities with more than one station are only counted once.

Aberdare
Aberdeen
Abergavenny
Accrington
Acock's Green
Adlington
Ainsdale
Aintree
Albrighton
Aldborough
Alderley
Alderney
Aldershot
Aldershot Camp
Alford (Lincoln)
Alloa
Alne
Alnwick
Alston
Alton
Altrincham
Ambergate
Andover
Annan
Antrim
Appledore
Appley
Appley Bridge
Arbroath
Ardleigh
Ardrossen
Ardsley
Armagh
Armley
Arthington
Arundel
Ash
Ashbourne
Ashchurch
Ashford
Ashton
Ashton-under-Lyne
Aspatria
Athenry
Atherstone
Atherton
Athlone
Athy
Attleborough
Auchinleck
Audley End
Avonbridge
Axminster
Aylesford
Aylesham
Aynhoe
Ayr

Bacup
Bagnalstown
Balbriggan
Balcombe
Balham
Ballinasloe
Ballybay
Ballybrophy
Ballyhaunis
Ballymena
Ballymor
Ballymoney
Ballymurray
Ballypallady
Ballyrag
Banbury
Banchory
Banff
Bangor
Barnard Castle
Barnes
Barnetby
Barnet
Barnsley
Barnstable
Barrow
Basingstoke
Bath
Bathgate
Batley
Battersea
Battle
Beattock
Beccles
Beckenham
Bedford
Belford
Belfast
Belmont
Belper
Belvedere
Bentley
Berkeley Road
Berwick-on-Tweed
Bescot
Betchworth
Beverley
Bicester
Bickley
Bideford
Biggleswade
Billingham
Billingshurt
Bilston
Bilton
Bilton Junction
Bingley
Birkenhead
Birmingham
Bishopstoke
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Stortford
Blackburn
Blackheath
Black Lane
Blackpool (Lancs.)
Blackpool (Ireland)
Blackwall
Blackwater
Blaina
Blairgowrie
Blaydon
Bletchley
Blisworth
Blue Pits
Bodmin Road
Bognor
Bolton
Bo'ness
Bordesley
Bosley
Boston
Bournemouth
Bow
Bowden
Box
Box Hill
Brackley
Bradford
Braintree
Brandon
Bray
Brechin
Brent
Brentford
Brentwood
Bricklayers' Arms
Bridgend
Bridge of Allan
Bridgewater
Bridlington
Bridport
Brigg
Brighouse
Brighton
Brimscombe
Bristol
Britton Ferry
Brixham
Brixton
Brockenhurst
Brockholes (Junction)
Brockley Whins
Bromley (Kent)
Bromley Cross
Brompton (York)
Bromsgrove
Broughton-in-Furness
Brownhills
Broxbourne
Brugh
Brundall
Buckenham
Buckingham
Burgess Hill
Burnham
Burnley
Burntisland
Burnt Mill
Burscough
Burscough Bridge
Burslem
Burstwick
Burton-on-Trent
Burton Salmon
Bury
Bury St Edmunds
Burton
Byers Green
Bynea

Caernarvon
Caermarthen
Cahir
Camberwell
Cambridge
Camborne
Canterbury
Cardiff
Cark
Carlisle
Carlow
Carnforth
Carrickfergus
Carrick (Junction)
Carrick-on-Suir
Carrightwohill
Carshalton
Carstairs
Castleblayney
Castle Cary
Castle Douglas
Castleford
Castle Howard
Castlerea
Castleton
Caterham (Junction)
Caterham
Catford Bridge
Cavan
Chapel Town
Charlton
Chartham
Chard Road
Chatburn
Chatham
Chathill
Chelmsford
Chelsea
Cheltenham
Chepstow
Chester
Chesterfield
Chesterford
Chichester
Chilham
Chilworth
Chippenham
Chipping Warden
Chitterham
Chorley
Church Fenton
Church Stretton
Cirencester
Clapham
Clapton
Clara
Cleckheaton
Clevedon
Clifton (Junction)
Clitheroe
Clones
Clonmel
Coatbridge
Cocksburnpath
Codsall
Colchester
Coleraine
Collumpton
Colne
Colwich
Congleton
Consett
Conway
Cooksbridge
Cooper Bridge
Copmanthorpe
Cork
Cornbrook
Corsham
Coupar Angus
Coventry
Cowes (Isle of Wight)
Coxhoe
Craven Arms
Crediton
Creetown
Crewe
Crewkerne
Cromer
Crook
Cropredy
Crosby
Croydon, East
Croydon, West
Crowle
Crystal Palace
Culham
Cupar
Curragh Camp
Curton

Daisy Field
Dalbeattie
Dalkeith
Dalry
Dalry (Junction)
Dalton
Darlington
Darsham
Dartford
Dartmouth
Darwen
Dawlish
Deal
Deptford
Derby
Dereham
Derwydd Road
Devizes
Dewsbury
Didcot
Difford
Diss
Dock
Doncaster
Dorchester
Dorking
Dover
Douglas (Isle of Man)
Downpatrick
Drayton (West)
Drem
Driffield
Drogheda
Droitwich
Drumsough
Dublin
Dudley
Dudley Port
Dumfries
Dunadry
Dunbar
Dundalk
Dundee
Dundrum
Dunfermline
Dungannon
Dunkeld
Dunkettle
Dunse
Durham
Durston

Ealing
Eastbourne
East Farleigh
East Grinstead
Eastwood
Ebbw vale
Eccles
Eckington
Edenbridge
Edinburgh
Edington Road
Edmonton
Elgin
Elland
Elsecar
Elsenham
Ely
Emsworth
Enfield (Middlesex)
Enfield (Ireland)
Ennis
Enniskillen
Entwistle
Epsom
Erith
Esher
Eskbank
Essendine
Eston
Etchingham
Etherley
Euxton (Junction)
Evenwood
Evesham
Exeter
Exminster
Exmouth

Fakenham
Falkirk
Falmouth
Fareham
Farringdon Read
Farnborough
Farnham
Farrington
Fay Gate
Featherstone
Fence Houses
Fenny Compton
Fermoy
Ferryhill
Fiddown
Filey (Summer season)
Firsby
Flaxton
Fleetwood
Flint
Folkestone
Folkestone Harbour
Ford
Forest Hill
Forfar
Formby
Forres
Framlingham
Frant
Froghall
Frome
Frosterley
Furness

Gainford
Gainsborough
Galashiels
Galway
Garnant
Garston
Gartsherry
Gatehouse
Gateshead
Gathurst
Girvan
Gipsy Hill
Glanmire
Glasgow
Glamis
Glasson
Glastonbury
Glenluce
Glossop
Gloucester
Gobowen
Godalming
Godstone
Gomshall
Goole
Goring
Gosport
Gowan
Grampound Road
Grangemouth
Grantham
Granton
Grantshouse
Gravesend
Great Bridge
Great Grimsby
Great Malvern
Greenhill
Greenhithe
Greenock
Greenwich
Grove Ferry
Guernsey
Guildford
Guisborough

Hackney
Haddington
Hadleigh
Hailsham
Halesworth
Halifax
Halshaw Moor
Haltwhistle
Hammerton
Hampstead
Ham Street
Hamilton
Handsworth
Hanwell
Harbury
Harecastle
Harling Road
Harlow
Harrogate
Harrow
Hartford
Hartlepool, Old
Hartlepool, West
Harwich
Haslingden
Hassock's Gate
Hastings
Hatfield
Hatton
Havant
Haverfordwest
Hawick
Haydon Bridge
Hayle
Hayward's Heath
Headcorn
Hebden Bridge
Heckmondwike
Hedon
Hele
Helpstone
Henfield
Hereford
Herne Bay
Hertford
Hessle
Hexham
Heyford
Heywood
Higham
Highbridge
Highgate
Hindley
Hipperholme
Histon
Hitchin
Hockley
Holme
Holmfirth
Holyhead
Hollywood
Honiton
Horbury
Horbury (Junction)
Horley
Horsham
Horwich
Howden
Howth
Huddersfield
Hull
Hunslet
Huntingdon
Huntley
Hurlford
Hurst Castle
Hythe (Essex)
Hythe (Kent)

Ilford
Inchicore
Ingatestone
Innisfeen
Inverary
Inveresk
Inverness
Island Bridge
Ipswich
Islip
Ivy Bridge

Jedburgh
Jersey
Johnstone

Keadby
Kegworth
Keighley
Keith
Kells
Kelso
Kelvedon
Kemble
Kendal
Kenley
Keynsham
Kidderminster
Kilbirnie
Kilburn
Kildale
Kildare
Kildwick
Kilkenny
Killarney
Killeagh
Kilmarnock
Kilwinning
Kingsbridge Road
King's Lynn
Kingston (Surrey)
Kingston-on-Sea
Kingstown
Kirkby
Kirkudbright
Kirkham
Kirkaldy
Kirkley Hall (Private Telegraph)
Kirkstall
Kirkstead
Kirriemuir
Kirton
Knottingley
Knot Will
Knowle

Ladywell
Laister Dyke
Lakenheath
Lampeter Road
Lancaster
Langho
Langport
Laurencekirk
Leamington
Leamside
Leeds
Leek
Leicester
Leighton Buzzard
Leiston
Leith
Leominster
Lesbury
Lewes
Lewisham
Lichfield
Lightcliffe
Limerick
Limerick (Junction)
Lincoln
Linlithgow
Linton
Lisburn
Liskeard
Lisnasfea
Littleborough
Little Bytham
Littlehampton
Liverpool
Llandilo
Llandovery
Llanelly
Llangadock
Llangollen Road
Lochanhead
Lockerbie
Londonderry
Long Eaton
Longford
Longniddry
Longport (Burslem)
Longstratton
Longton
Lostock (Junction)
Lostwithiel
Loughborough
Loughton
Louth
Lower Norwood
Lower Sydenham
Lowestoft
Lowmoor
Luddenham Foot
Ludlow
Lurgan
Lymington
Lytham

Macclesfield
Mageely
Maidenhead
Maiden Newton
Maidstone
Malahide
Malden
Mallow
Malton
Malvern
Manchester
Manea
Manningtree
Manton
March
Marden
Margate
Market Harborough
Market Rasen
Mark's Tey
Marsh Lane
Martock
Maryborough
Maryport
Masboro'
Matlock (Bath)
Mauchline
Maynooth
Meigle
Melksham
Melmerby
Melrose
Melton Mowbray
Merstham
Merthyr Tydvil
Mexbro'
Mickley
Midleton
Middlesboro'
Middleton
Middleton (Junction)
Mildenhall Road
Miles Platting
Milford
Milnthorpe
Milton
Milford (Junction)
Milford Haven
Minety
Minster
Mirfield
Mitcham
Moate
Mogeely
Monaghan
Monasterevan
Montrose
Moreton (Junction)
Morpeth
Moses Gate
Motherwell
Mottram
Mountain Ash
Mullingar
Musselburgh

Nairn
Nantwich
Navan
Nayland (Milford Haven)
Neath
Needham
Newark
Newark-on-Trent
Newbridge (Ireland)
Newbridge or Pontypridd
Newburgh
Newby Wiske
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Newcastle-under-Lyme
New Cross
Newhaven
New Holland
Newmarket
Newport (Hampshire)
Newport (Monmouth)
Newport (Isle of Wight)
Newry
Newton (Devon)
Newton Stewart
Newton
Newtownards
Newtownbutler
Newtownlimavady
New Galloway
New Wandsworth
Normanton
North Dean
Northallerton
Northampton
North Camp, Aldershot
Northfleet
North Road
North Shields
North Woolwich
Norton Bridge
Norton (Junction)
Norwich
Norwood (Junction)
Norwood (Lower)
Nottingham
Nuneaton

Oakengates
Oakham
Oakington
Oldbury
Oldham
Old Trafford
Omagh
Oranmore
Ormskirk
Orrell
Oswestry
Ottringham
Oundle
Over Darwen
Oxenholme
Oxford
Oxford Road

Paddock Wood
Paisley
Pangbourne
Pantyffynnon
Par
Parsonstown
Partridge Green
Patrington
Peckham
Peebles
Pemberton
Penistone
Pennicuick
Penrith
Penshurst
Penzance
Perth
Perry Bar
Peterborough
Petersfield
Petworth
Pickering
Picton
Pierce Bridge
Pimbo Lane
Pimlico
Pillmoor Junction
Pluckley
Plumstead
Plymouth
Plympton
Polegate
Pomeroy
Ponder's End
Pontardulais
Pontypool Road
Pontypool Town
Pontypridd
Pontefract
Poole
Portarlington
Portadown
Port Clarence
Port Glasgow
Port Rush
Portsea
Portsoy
Port Talbot
Porth
Portsmouth
Potto
Poulton
Prestonpans
Preston
Preston Junction (Lancs.)
Preston Junction (Durham)
Preston Road, Walton-on-the-Hill
Pullborough
Purton

Queenstown

Radcliffe
Rainford Junction
Ramsgate
Ramsbottom
Ramsay (Isle of Man)
Rawcliffe
Rawtenstall
Reading
Redcar
Redheugh
Red Hill
Redruth
Reedham
Reigate
Reigate (Junction)
Reston
Retford
Rhyl
Ribchester
Richmond, Surrey
Richmond, Yorkshire
Rillington
Ringwood
Ripon
Robertsbridge
Rochester
Rochdale
Rochester
Romford
Romsey
Roscommon
Rostrea
Rose Grove
Rossett
Rotherham
Round Oak
Rowsley
Roydon
Roxburgh
Ruabon
Rugeley
Rugby
Runcorn
Runcorn Gap
Ryde (Isle of Wight)
Rye

St Albans
St Austell
St Boswells
St Germans
St Helen's (Durham)
St Helen's Junction
St. Helen's (Lancs.)
St Joes (Hants)
St Leonards
St Neots
St Thomas
Saddlethorp
Salisbury
Sale Moor
Sallins
Saltash
Sandwich
Sanquahar
Sawbridgeworth
Saxmundham
Scarborough
Scarva Junction
Seaham (Private Telegraph)
Seaton
Selby
Selkirk
Semley
Shaftesbury
Shalford
Shap
Shapwick
Sharpness Point
Sheerness
Sheffield
Shefford
Sherbourne
Shiffnal
Shildon
Shilton
Shipley
Shipton
Shoreham
Shorehampton
Shrivenham
Shrewsbury
Silloth
Sinderby
Skipton
Sleaford
Slough
Smeeth
Snaith
Snodland
Soho
Solihull
Somerleyton
Sough
Southall
Southam
Southampton
Southboro Road
Southend
Southport
South Shields
Southwater
Sowerby Bridge
Spalding
Spennymoor
Spetchley
Spon Lane
Staddlethorpe
Stafford
Staines
Staleybridge
Stamford
Stamford Hall
Stanley Junction
Stanningley
Stanstead
Starcross
Staplehurst
Staveley
Steventon
Steyning
Stillington
Stirling
Stockport
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Stokesley
Stoke Works
Stone
Stoneclough
Stonehaven
Stonehouse (Gloucs.)
Stourbridge
Stow
Stowmarket
Strabane
Stranraer
Stratford, Essex
Streatham
Stratford
Strood
Stroud
Sturry
Sudbury
Sunderland
Sutton
Swansea
Swan Village
Swavesey
Swindon
Swinton
Sydenham
Symington
Syston

Taff's Well
Tallington
Tamworth
Taplow
Taunton
Tavistock
Tebay
Teignmouth
Teignmouth
Tetbury Road
Tetsworth
Templemore
Tewksbury
Theddingworth
Thetford
Thirsk
Thorne
Thornhill (N. B.)
Thornhill (York.)
Thornton
Thrapstone
Three Bridges
Thurles
Ticehurst Road
Tichurst
Tilbury
Tillicoultry
Timperley
Tipperary
Tiverton
Tivoli
Todmorden
Topsham
Torquay
Totnes
Tottenham
Tow Law
Tralee
Tranent
Trehemetry
Tring
Troon
Trowbridge
Truro
Tuam
Tullamore
Tunbridge
Tunbridge Wells
Tutbury
Tweedmouth
Twickenham
Twyford
Tynan
Tyne Docks
Tynemouth

Uckfield
Ulceby
Ulleskelf
Ullesthorpe
Ulverstone
Uttoxeter
Uxbridge

Valentia
Victoria, Ebbw Vale
Ventnor, Isle of Wight

Wadhurst
Wakefield
Walsingham
Wallingford Road
Wallsend
Walsall
Walsden
Waltham (Essex)
Walton-on-Thames
Wansford
Wandsworth (New)
Ware
Wareham
Warlingham
Warrington
Warwick
Washington
Waskerley
Waterbeach
Waterford
Wateringbury
Water Lane
Waterloo
Watford
Wednesbury
Weedon
Welbury
Welford
Wellingboro'
Wellington (Somerset)
Wellington (Shropshire)
Wellington (College)
Wells
Westenhanger
Westhoughton
Weston-super-Mare
Weston Point
West Bromwich
Westbury
West Drayton
West Grinstead
Westwood
Weybridge
Weymouth
Whalley
Wheatley
Wheatsheaf
Whitacre
Whitby
Whitehaven
Whitley Bridge
Whitstable
Whittlesea
Whittlesford
Wichnor Junction
Wickham Market
Wicklow
Wigan
Wigton
Wigtown
Willington
Wimbledon
Wimbourne
Winchelsea
Winchester
Winchfield
Windermere
Windsor
Wingfield
Winslow
Winston
Wisbeach
Witham
Withernsea
Witton (Junction)
Wokingham
Woking
Wolsall
Wolsingham
Wolverhampton
Wolverton
Wombwell
Woodbridge
Woodford
Woodgate for Bognor
Woodstock Road
Woolwich
Wootton Basset
Workington
Worksop
Worsboro'
Worthing
Wortley
Wrexham
Wycombe
Wye
Wymondham

Yalding
Yarmouth
Yatton
Yeovil
York
Youghall
Yoxford, or Darsham
Ystrad

The dominance of the railway interest is emphasised by the number of telegraphs at small and obscure stations at railway junctions ('Junct' above).

The list is taken verbatim from theZeitschrift des deutsch-österreichischen Telegraphen-Vereins, Jahrgang IX, 1862.
 
Telegraph, from the Greek “tele”, distant, and “graphos”, writing
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