Dr. Richard Marks is an experienced published historian and is a departmental tutor in Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford. His areas of research interest include Victorian Britain, railway and military history. Richard recently completed a new History of British Rail Engineering Limited (2024).

• 1. Introduction 2. Perceptions of Railway Building in Historical Study 3. Revisiting Research Methods for Railway and Business Relationships 4. The British and Berkshire Economies before the Railways 5. Introduction to the Case Studies and the Prevailing Business Landscape in Britain in the Nineteenth Century 6. Reading Case Study 7. Maidenhead Case Study 8. Newbury Case Study 9. Wokingham Case Study 10. Windsor Case Study 11. Abingdon Case Study 12. Wallingford Case Study 13. Wantage Case Study 14. The Railway and Its Direct Impact upon Industry 15. Reflections on Railway, Industry and Commerce Relationships

Dr. Richard Marks is an experienced published historian and is a departmental tutor in Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford. His areas of research interest include Victorian Britain, railway and military history. Richard recently completed a new History of British Rail Engineering Limited (2024).

• 1. Introduction 2. Perceptions of Railway Building in Historical Study 3. Revisiting Research Methods for Railway and Business Relationships 4. The British and Berkshire Economies before the Railways 5. Introduction to the Case Studies and the Prevailing Business Landscape in Britain in the Nineteenth Century 6. Reading Case Study 7. Maidenhead Case Study 8. Newbury Case Study 9. Wokingham Case Study 10. Windsor Case Study 11. Abingdon Case Study 12. Wallingford Case Study 13. Wantage Case Study 14. The Railway and Its Direct Impact upon Industry 15. Reflections on Railway, Industry and Commerce Relationships

Dr. Richard Marks is an experienced published historian and is a departmental tutor in Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford. His areas of research interest include Victorian Britain, railway and military history. Richard recently completed a new History of British Rail Engineering Limited (2024).

• 1. Introduction 2. Perceptions of Railway Building in Historical Study 3. Revisiting Research Methods for Railway and Business Relationships 4. The British and Berkshire Economies before the Railways 5. Introduction to the Case Studies and the Prevailing Business Landscape in Britain in the Nineteenth Century 6. Reading Case Study 7. Maidenhead Case Study 8. Newbury Case Study 9. Wokingham Case Study 10. Windsor Case Study 11. Abingdon Case Study 12. Wallingford Case Study 13. Wantage Case Study 14. The Railway and Its Direct Impact upon Industry 15. Reflections on Railway, Industry and Commerce Relationships