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.
LEEDS NORTHERN RAILWAY, a railway in Yorkshire; from Leeds, in the direction of N by E, past Ripon, into junction with the North Yorkshire and Cleveland at Picton, near Yarm. It was made in 1845-9, at a cost of £36, 000 per mile; it passes, at Bramhope, through a tunnel about 2 miles long; and it was amalgamated with the Northeastern, along with the North Yorkshire and Cleveland, in 1854.
(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: | Leeds |
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