Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HULL AND HOLDERNESS RAILWAY

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))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kingston upon Hull

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