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LANCHESTER VALLEY RAILWAY, a railway in Durham; deflecting from the Northeastern system in the vicinity of Durham city; and going 12 miles westward, past Lanchester, to Consett. It was authorized in 1857, and opened in 1862; and it forms part of the Northeastern system.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
Administrative units: | County Durham AncC |
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