Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEERNESS RAILWAY

SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEERNESS RAILWAY, a railway in Kent; from Sittingbourne, 7½ miles northward to Sheerness. It was authorized in 1856, and opened in 1860; and is worked by the London, Chatham, and Dover.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Kent AncC
Place: Sittingbourne

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