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.
LYNN AND SUTTON-BRIDGE RAILWAY, a railway in Norfolk and Lincoln; from the East Anglian at Lynn, westward and north-westward, to the Norwich and Spalding, at Sutton-Bridge. It was authorized in Aug. 1861, and opened in Nov. 1864; and it is 9 miles 43 chains long. The capital for it was £100,000 in shares, and £37,000 in loans; but a further capital of £15,000 in shares and £5,000 on mortgage was authorized in 1865 for additional works at Sutton. Arrangements were made also in 1865 for selling the line to the Great Northern, on terms equivalent to 4¼ per cent. net on £117,000.
(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: | Lincolnshire AncC Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Kings Lynn |
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