Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WEAR-VALLEY RAILWAY

WEAR-VALLEY RAILWAY, a railway system in Durham; consisting of four sections, the Bishop-Auckland and Weardale, the Wear and Derwent, the Weardale Extension, and the Shildon Tunnel; comprising a productive aggregate of about 44 miles; and incorporated with the Stockton and Darlington.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway system"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Wear Valley

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