Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOURN and ESSENDINE RAILWAY

BOURN and ESSENDINE RAILWAY, a railway in Lincoln; 6¼ miles long, east-north-eastward from the Essendine station of the Great Northern railway to the town of Bourn. It was opened in May 1860. A new branch now prolongs it to Spalding.


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

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

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