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HULL AND HORNSEA RAILWAY, a railway in E. R. Yorkshire; from Hull, northeastward, to Hornsea. It is 14 miles long; was authorized in 1862, and opened in 1864; and in 1866 was about to pass into the hands of the Northeastern company.
(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: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Kingston upon Hull |
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