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LOSTWITHIEL AND FOWEY RAILWAY, a railway in Cornwall; from the Cornwall line near Lostwithiel southward to Fowey. It was authorized in 1862, on a capital of £30,000 in shares and £10,000 in loans; and is 5¼ miles long.
(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: | Cornwall AncC |
Place: | Lostwithiel |
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