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	Times and Seasons Volume 3, Number 12
		Elder Samuel J. Raymond, representing the branch at Hempstead, L. I., stated that it was organized on the first of August 1839 by Elder Selah Lane The number received into that branch is sixty-three; one having died, and sixteen having moved away, the present number is forty-six.
		Reports of delegates being called for, Elder Foster reported that the whole number of persons who had been received into the branch at New York was two hundred and ninety-two, of which two hundred and seventy-nine were received by baptism and confirmation, and thirteen by certificate.
		Elder N. James, stated that there were at Elizabethtown, N. six members-that he intended to continue his labors there, and hoped to raise up a branch there, although there was at present much opposition.
	www.centerplace.org /history/ts/v3n12.htm

	Mineola to West Hempstead
		When the present West Hempstead branch was built in 1893, the Central's ROW was moved to the present Hempstead branch ROW and a connection was made at Country Life Press with the West Hempstead branch.
		In 1872, the Central RR built its line to Hempstead, which branched off southward from its Flushing to Bethpage main line several blocks east (of course, there were no "blocks" back then, it was all open space!) of the LIRR's line.
		The Hempstead branch goes off to the left while the ROW to West Hempstead goes off to the right.
	www.lirrhistory.com /minwhemp.html (742 words)

	LIRR - AskTheBrain.com
		Also built was a branch to Hempstead which paralleled the LIRR Hempstead Branch a few blocks east of it and a short spur from Bethpage Junction north to Bethpage.
		The remaining portion of the LIRR Rockaway Beach branch north of the Fulton Street El was abandoned by the LIRR on June 8th, 1962.
		The LIRR Rockaway Line would be purchased and connected to the IND Queens Blvd Line and run to the Rockaways.
	www.askthebrain.com /lirr-.html (742 words)

	DAVE KELLER'S RR PHOTO ARCHIVE INDEX
		UNDERJUMP - EAST OF REGO PARK, NY - 4/57 (2 VIEWS) FOREST PARK, NY - 4/57 AT STATION - OZONE PARK, NY - 4/57 WEST HEMPSTEAD BRANCH 3101, 3121 (RAILFAN EXTRA) AT STATION - WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY - 9/1956 (2 VIEWS) MISCELLANEOUS LOCATIONS 3121 EN ROUTE TO B&O RAILROAD AT JERSEY CITY, N.J. Ref. No.
		SIDE VIEW SHOWING CONNECTION TO ROCKAWAY BEACH BRANCH c.
		TRAIN PASSING THROUGH MERILLON AVE., NEW HYDE PARK, NY - 8/51 469 & FREIGHT PASSING PLATFORM - NEW HYDE PARK, NY - 11/54 469, RS-1 #468, COUPLED L. Ref. No.
	sbiii.com /d-keller/dkphotdx.html (742 words)

	Welcome to the Bucks County PA GenWeb
		He was twice married, his first wife being Mary WASHBURNE, by whom he had two sons, Thomas and Jacob, the latter being the father of the famous Quaker preacher, Elias HICKS, the founder of that branch of the Society of Friends known to this day as HICKS ites.
		His sons John and Stephen in 1642 joined an English company which acquired by patent an extensive tract of land about Hempstead and Flushing, Long Island.
		He was educated at Oxford, and was a man of intelligence and natural force of character, and therefore soon became a leader in the youthful colony, and took an active part in public affairs, his name appearing in nearly all the important transactions of the time.
	www.rootsweb.com /~pabucks/hicksfamily.html (742 words)

	ROBERT WILLIAMS
		Yet again, in 1662, in a sale of land by Robert to Robert Forman of Oyster Bay, he lists his residence as of Hempstead.
		From his marriage to Sarah he had seven children: Hope, John, who married Leah Townsend (The Jericho Seamans stem from this branch of the family); Mary, who married John Dole of Philadelphia; Phebe, who married John Townsend of Oyster Bay; Patience, who married a Barnes; Esther, who married John Champion of Westbury.
		And again, he is mentioned on December 13, 1660 when Daniel Whitehead sells to Alexander Bryant a house and land previously purchased from Robert Williams of Oyster Bay.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nynassa2/Bios/rwilliams.htm (742 words)

	Meet The MISD Principals!
		Prior to that, he was assistant principal at Cypress Falls High School for four years, and head coach/assistant principal at Hempstead High School for one year.
		High School and Principal at Bear Branch 6th Grade Campus.
		Opening the new school has been a big challenge, she says, but it is most rewarding to see the students having fun and enjoying learning.
	www.magnoliaisd.org /principals.htm (1056 words)

	Hemel Hempstead railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For many years, Hemel Hempstead station was almost a junction - a railway embankment on the south (down) side of the station led to the end of the Nicky Line, a branch line through the town centre to Harpenden.
		Hemel Hempstead railway station is on the West Coast main line, on the western edge of Hemel Hempstead, in an area called Boxmoor.
		The back entrance to Hemel Hempstead Station, which has been used by the local community for as long as anyone can remember, is currently threatened with closure by the Silverlink management, which will cause great inconvenience to many rail users.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hemel_Hempstead_railway_station (365 words)

	HEMEL HEMPSTEAD - LoveToKnow Article on HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
		Hemel Hempstead is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.
		N.W. from London, with a station on a branch of the Midland railway from Harpenden, and near Boxmoor station on the London and North Western main line.
		Settlements in the neighborhood of Hemel Hempstead (Hamalamstede, Hemel Hampsted) date from pre-Roman times, and a Roman villa has been discovered at Boxmoor.
	49.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HEMEL_HEMPSTEAD.htm (558 words)

	Select General Bibliography for Representative Poetry On-line
		Branch, Anna Hempstead (1875-1937) Rose of the wind and other poems; Shoes that danced and other poems
		Carman, Bliss (1861-1929) April airs: a book of New England lyrics; Ballads and lyrics; Earth deities and other rhythmic masques; Echoes from Vagabondia; Last songs from Vagabondia; Later Poems; More songs from Vagabondia; Ode on the coronation of King Edward; Rough rider and other poems; Songs from Vagabondia; Songs of the sea children
		Anthology of magazine verse for 1920 and year book of American poetry; House of falling leaves with other poems; Lyrics of life and love
	eir.library.utoronto.ca /rpo/display_rpo/bibliography_2001.html (558 words)

	THE HISTORY OF HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
		The Nicky Line ran from Hemel Hempstead to Harpenden, and was a branch line of the Midland Railway.
		In 1968 the line was sold to the Hemelite Company, who used it to transport ash from power stations to Cupid Green for the manufacture of building blocks.
		The importance of the area in the Roman times hinged on the fact that it was near to the city of Verulamium (St. Albans).
	www.hemelweb.demon.co.uk /history.htm (1248 words)

	The Other Side of The Tracks Message Board
		7) Shuttle service on the West Hempstead Branch of the LIRR to and from Valley Stream.
		6) Proto experimentation on the MTA/LIRR/Atlantic Ave Downtown Brooklyn Branch.
		8) Shuttle service on the Rockaway Park Branch of the A/H line.
	www.nycrail.com /amb/board1/3056.html (1248 words)

	New Page 1
		Our Branch AGM is held on another Tuesday in January, when Branch business is discussed and some plans made for the forthcoming year.
		There is also a local branch line between Watford Junction and St. Albans operated by Silverlink County.
		Virgin main line services serve the Midlands, the North West, Manchester, Liverpool, Holyhead and Scotland, whilst Silverlink County runs a commuter service to and from London Euston, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes and Northampton.
	www.rcts.org.uk /watford_index.htm (524 words)

	Model Railway Explorer Bookstore
		The study of the Midland Main Line out of St Pancras Station takes another step forward with this book which covers the stretch of track between St.Albans and Bedford and includes the branch line from Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead.
		Geoff Gosling starts the book with historical notes about both the main line and the branch.
		Another table gives the number of trains that called at both St Albans and Bedford at eight times between 1969 and 1999.
	www.mremag.demon.co.uk /hpsite/books/030625/190447408X.htm (127 words)

	NewNickyDVD
		The branch line was eight miles long with sidings at Redbourn, Hemelite Company Cupid Green (formerly Claydales Brickworks), Godwins Halt, Hemel Hempstead (Midland), Cotterells Sidings and Hemel Hempstead Gas Works.
		In 1959 the track between Cupid Green (near Godwins Halt) and the Hemel Hempstead Gas Works (near Heath Park Halt) was lifted and the viaduct across Marlowes in Hemel Hempstead removed to allow expansion of the town centre and the building of a large roundabout.
		A temporary connection was made between the Gas Works and Hemel Hempstead and Boxmoor Station to allow coal to be delivered to the Gas Works until it finally closed in 1960.
	uk.geocities.com /nickey_line/NewNickyDiag.htm (116 words)

	BCS Hertfordshire Branch - Location Information
		Travelling towards Hemel Hempstead on the A414, at the 2nd roundabout turn right (3rd exit) on to Maylands Avenue.
		Our main meeting place currently is the offices of Steria Limited in Hemel Hempstead.
		At the roundabout signed Industrial Area, turn left on to Maylands Avenue.
	www.herts.bcs.org /findus.htm (116 words)

	ipedia.com: Long Island Rail Road Article
		Other Montauk Branch trains operate into New York City, ended their runs at Jamaica station, or at Hunterspoint Avenue or Long Island City on the eastern side of the East River.
		The Montauk Branch is now effectively an extension of the Babylon Branch.
		It continues east to Hempstead through Garden City.
	www.ipedia.com /long_island_rail_road.html (1517 words)

	Long Island Railroad History Page - The Dunton Archive
		In 1838 they surveyed a branch line in pursuance of this act of the Legislature, which was subsequently built, and known as the Hempstead branch, running from what is now Mineola to the village of Hempstead, a part of which track is still in use, as will be hereafter more fully explained.
		The road from Valley Stream to Hempstead was mortgaged, and the bondholders foreclosed that mortgage, but were never able to dispose of the line of road between Valley Stream and Hempstead, and it has been abandoned to the present date.
		The line of this road was located from the Bridge street station, in the village oÂ£ Flushing, to Woodside, on the line of the Long Island Railroad, the intention being to have a through line from Hunter's Point to Flushing over this route.
	www.dunton.org /archive/LongIslandRailroad.htm (1517 words)

	TENTH GENERATION
		Lawrence Ellison, the progenitor of this branch of the Allisons, according to "Thompson's History of Long Island, N. Y.," was a Puritan, and came from Watertown, Mass., to Weathersfield, Conn.; removed from there to Stamford, thence to Hempstead, L. I., with other emigrants who accompanied Rev. Richard Denton in 1644.
		Lawrence ELLISON died in 1664 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
		Hempstead, Long Island, 1664) came from Watertown, Massachusetts, to Wethersfield, Connecticut, thence to Stanford, Connecticut, finally with Reverend Richard Denton to Hempstead 1644; taxed for 29 acres there 1657; townsman 1659; married and had issue: 1-Richard (b.
	home.tir.com /~snye/family/saw_evan/d29.htm (1517 words)

	Directions to Hofstra University
		Take the Long Island Rail Road East on the Hempstead Branch to the final stop "Hempstead." Depending on the day and time, a complimentary blue Hofstra bus may be waiting at the station to take visitors and students to the Hofstra campus.
		The Long Island Rail Road provides regular commuter service from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to the Hempstead station, which is less than two miles from Hofstra?s campus...
		Long Island Bus provides public bus service serving Hempstead, Hofstra University, Nassau University Medical Center, Levittown, Farmingdale, Melville, Sunrise Mall, Babylon, via Hempstead Turnpike.
	www.hofstra.edu /StudentServ/IC/ic_hofstra_directions.cfm (1517 words)

	LIRR Timeline
		The Hempstead Branch of the old South Side RR (originally built by the NY and Hempstead Plains RR) is abandoned.
		The White Line is abandoned for regular passenger service although it was connected with the Central branch for special trains to serve the Creedmoor Rifle Range.
		The Glendale and East River RR (part of the NY and Manhattan Beach Ry) is formed and builds what is now the Evergreen branch from East NY to a terminal at the East river in Greenpoint.
	www.lirrhistory.com /timeline.html (887 words)

	Mineola, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first settlers arrived around 1637 and called the area "Hempstead Plains." Later the community was called "Hempstead Branch."
		The Village of Mineola is in both the Town of Hempstead and the Town of North Hempstead.
		Mineola is a village located in Nassau County, New York, USA.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mineola,_New_York (522 words)

	Mineola, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first settlers arrived around 1637 and called the area "Hempstead Plains." Later the community was called "Hempstead Branch."
		The Village of Mineola is in both the Town of Hempstead and the Town of North Hempstead.
		Mineola is a village located in Nassau County, New York, USA.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mineola,_New_York (486 words)

	Hofstra's James M. Shuart Stadium Directions
		Take the Long Island Rail Road East on the Hempstead Branch to the final stop "Hempstead." Depending on the day and time, a complimentary blue Hofstra bus may be waiting at the station to take visitors and students to the Hofstra campus.
		Hofstra University is on both sides of Hempstead Turnpike...
		provides regular commuter service from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to the Hempstead station, which is less than two miles from Hofstra’s campus...
	www.empirechallenge.com /pages/hofstra_university.directions.html (379 words)

	New York - The Sporting Planet Travel Guide to sports teams, stadiums, events and facilities around the world
		By public transit, take the Long Island Railroad Hempstead Branch to Hempstead Station then take bus routes No. 70, No. 71 or 72 that operate between Hempstead and Babylon via Hempstead Turnpike, which all serve the Coliseum.
		There are taxi and shuttle services to and from the Station to the course.
		So — in brief — the icons are the Statue of Liberty; the Empire State Building; Central Park; Times Square; Grand Central Station; the New York Public Library; Yankee Stadium (see below); the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the American Museum of Natural History.
	sportingplanet.idx.com.au /newyork.htm (379 words)

	routes
		The LIRR's line was abandoned from Garden City to Hempstead in 1878, and when a new line (the present West Hempstead Branch) was built in 1893 northward from Valley Stream, the Central's line was moved to the present ROW so that a connection could be made between the two at Country Life Press.
		The first, in 1869, was the South Side's, from Jamaica along the present Altantic branch (via the Locust Manor and Laurelton stations) to Valley Stream, then over the present ROW to Far Rockaway.
		This line was abandoned in 1869 when a new route through Woodside, parallelling the existing LIRR line, was built by the Flushing and North Side RR.
	www.lirrhistory.com /indiv.html (379 words)

	Hemelhempstead Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More
		Tony McWalter MP Hemel Hempstead finished his summing up by offering to take up the case for a PD Nurse Specialist on the Branch's behalf and to return to report on progress.
		The West Herts Parkinson's Disease Society Branch welcomed Tony McWalter MP Hemel Hempstead as guest speaker at their monthly meeting at St Thomas Church, Langley Road, Watford on Thursday 2nd September.
		Tony McWalter then asked about problems when PD patients are admitted to hospital for other medical problems and he heard distressing accounts of how Parkinson's medication, which has to be taken at specific times, is withheld to conform with hospital routine mainly through ignorance of PD.
	www.hemelonline.co.uk /mk4custompages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=45634 (1983 words)

	Poet: Anna Hempstead Branch - All poems of Anna Hempstead Branch
		Author Anna Hempstead Branch, from the Oldpoetry Poetry Archive
		Click here to write your comments about Anna Hempstead Branch
		Web pages / more info about Anna Hempstead Branch
	www.poemhunter.com /anna-hempstead-branch/poet-6974 (223 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Queens
		Queens Village and Hollis served by the Hempstead Branch.
		The part of Queens County that was not annexed to New York City, consisting of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay and all of the Town of Hempstead except the Rockaway Peninsula, was constituted as the new Nassau County in 1899.
		Queens is connected to Manhattan by two bridges and one tunnel: the Triborough Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Queens Midtown Tunnel.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Queens (2557 words)

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