A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SEVENOAKS, MAIDSTONE, and TUNBRIDGE RAILWAY, a railway in Kent; consisting of three parts; the first from the London, Chatham, and Dover line, at Sevenoaks junction, 8 miles southward to the vicinity of Sevenoaks; the second from a junction with the first at Sevenoaks, 16 miles eastward to Maidstone; the third, from the same junction, south-east-by-southward, to a junction with the Southeastern at Tunbridge. The first part was authorized in 1859, and opened in 1862; was originally called the Sevenoaks railway; and was at first a single line, but was authorized, in 1862, to be made double. The second and the third parts were authorized, on a new capital, in 1862; and the whole system was consolidated in 1864, and then authorized to be leased or sold to the London, Chatham, and Dover.
(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: | Kent AncC |
| Place names: | SEVENOAKS MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE RAILWAY | SEVENOAKS RAILWAY |
| Place: | Sevenoaks |
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