Francis Fuller was a land Surveyor and Estate Agent with a long association with railways being surveyor to the London Brighton & South Coast Railway for 25 years for some time also surveyor to the Metropolitan District Railway. He was one of three promoters of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Held in London, at the [...]
The political climate had changed and as a result, the drive to create satellites to the Port of London had diminished. The objective of creating a goods railway onto Hayling had sunk with the crumbling embankments. It really seemed that the Hayling venture was a complete failure. A change of direction was needed if the [...]
This document was produced to advertise the Summer Races to be held on the new racecourse in front of the Royal Hotel, Hayling Island and also the new Hayling Branch line that was to be opened for passengers early July 1867. The racecourse having been built by Frances Fuller who was also the Chairman of [...]