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WILTS AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY, a railway in Wilts and Gloucestershire; from the Great Western at Christian-Malford, 23 miles north-west by northward to the West Midland in the vicinity of Nailsworth. The act for it was passed in 1864; and another act, for extending the time of completion till 1872, was obtained in 1867.
(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: | Gloucestershire AncC Wiltshire AncC |
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