Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PETERSFIELD and BISHOPS-WALTHAM RAILWAY

PETERSFIELD and BISHOPS-WALTHAM RAILWAY, a railway in Hants; from Petersfield 12¾ mileswest-south-westward to Bishops-Waltham. It was authorized in 1864, on a capital of £150,000 in shares and £50,000 in loans.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC
Place: Petersfield

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