Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DEVON (Central) RAILWAY

DEVON (Central) RAILWAY, a railway scheme in Devon, from Exeter westward to Dunsford, Chagford, Okehampton, and Lydford; proposed by bill in 1861; but superseded by the Okehampton railway scheme, from the North Devon at Colebro-to Okehampton, authorized in 1862, and opened in 1865.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway scheme"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Devon AncC

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