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.
WENLOCK (Much) AND SEVERN-JUNCTION RAILWAY, a railway in Salop; from the Severn Valley railway at Buildwas, 4½ miles south-south-westward to Much-Wenlock. It was authorized in 1859, and opened in 1862; and it unites, at Much-Wenlock, with a later line, onward to a junction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway at Craven-Arms.
(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: | Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Wenlock |
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