Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUDLOW AND CLEEHILL RAILWAY

LUDLOW AND CLEEHILL RAILWAY, a railway in Salop; from the Shrewsbury and Hereford at Ludlow, 6 miles east-north-eastward, to Cleehill. It was authorized in 1861, on a capital of £30,000 in shares, and £10,000 in loans; and was opened in Aug. 1864.


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

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

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