Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILTS AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY

WILTS AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY, a railway in Wilts and Gloucestershire; from the Great Western at Christian-Malford, 23 miles north-west by northward to the West Midland in the vicinity of Nailsworth. The act for it was passed in 1864; and another act, for extending the time of completion till 1872, was obtained in 1867.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Gloucestershire AncC       Wiltshire AncC

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