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Old August 30th 12, 01:07 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?

d wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:00:59 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:37:59 on Thu, 30
Aug 2012,
d remarked:

With only about 7.5% of the land settled,

7.5%? Where did you get that figure from?


I'd like to know that as well. Seems a bit high to me.

Do farms not count as settled?


In this context, only the part with the farmhouse on it.


Why? Settled land means that thats lived on. That doesn't just mean
the house it means all land under the same deeds. Otherwise you can't
count gardens
as settled land either.


As I wrote, then only 2.5 % of the UK is under masonry.