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A History of the County of Somerset
… eastwest route. 79 In 1863 the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Company opened a line between Temple Combe and … spread south beyond Townsend and east towards the former railway station. Henstridge in 1839 The older houses are … of the friendly society and the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Company held its first board meeting there. 1 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… as do the Rochdale canal and the Leeds and Manchester railway. The lands are chiefly meadow and pasture. The … and Hereford tramroad. In 1845 an act was passed for a railway from Hereford to Monmouth, 22 miles in length; and in 1846 two acts were obtained, one for a railway to Shrewsbury, the other for a railway to Pont-ypool. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The Hertford and Ware branch of the Eastern Counties railway was formed under an act obtained in 1841, and opened … line at Broxbourn, and is about 5 miles long, making the railway distance of Ware from the terminus at Shoreditch … Colne until it quits the county. The London and Birmingham railway enters the county a few miles to the south of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… End and then to Southport. The line of the West Lancashire Railway, opened in 1878, and now owned by the Lancashire and …