George Hudson Leeman’s plans to build a line from York to Market Weighton. The estate, bought as an investment for his sons and cost £500,000. lt was sold to pay off some of Hudson's debts. Elizabeth Hudson lived here for many years whilst Hudson lived in exile. Hudson lived here in 1870–1871 and died at this address. Hudson House, on the site of the former York and North Midland Railway terminus in York, is named after him, as is George Hudson Street in the City of York running parallel to North Street. There is a Hudson Street in Whitby and a Hudson
George Hudson these companies were left in a difficult position with falling revenues, an economic depression and little scope for future shareholder dividends. In York the City Council led by George Leeman were demanding money for the Lendal Bridge project and many of Hudson's allies were unseated at local elections that year. The shareholders that had so fulsomely praised Hudson for the large dividends paid now lined up against him. In the Midland Railway meeting of 15 February 1849 there were calls for a committee of inquiry to be set up which Hudson managed to quash by threatening to resign. Five days