Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIDPORT RAILWAY

BRIDPORT RAILWAY, a railway in Dorset; from the Great Western system at Maiden-Newton, westsouth-westward, to Bridport. It was opened in November 1857; is 9¼ miles long; and has a station at Powerstock.


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

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

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