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