A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES UNION RAILWAY, a railway from Bristol, north-north-westward, through Gloucestershire, to the Severn at the New Passage ferry, and connected by a junction, in Monmouthshire, on the other side of the ferry, with the South Wales railway. It was authorised in July 1857, and opened to the South Wales junction, in 1863. It forms one line of 11½ miles on the Gloucestershire side of the Severn; and one line about three quarters of a mile, on the Monmouthshire side. It is on the broad gauge; and was estimated to cost £300,000.
(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: | Gloucestershire AncC Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Bristol |
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