Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WARRINGTON AND NEWTON RAILWAY

WARRINGTON AND NEWTON RAILWAY, a railway in Lancashire; from Warrington northward to a junction with the Manchester and Liverpool near Newton-in-Mackerfield. It was merged into the Grand Junction in 1830; and, as part of that system, was amalgamated with the Northwestern in 1846.


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

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

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