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HULL AND HOLDERNESS RAILWAY, a railway in E. R. Yorkshire; from Hull eastward to Withernsea. It is 18 miles long; was authorized in 1853, and opened in 1854; and was vested, at 4 per cent., in the Northeastern Railway Co., in 1862.
(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: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Kingston upon Hull |
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