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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scheme in Devon, from Exeter westward to Dunsford, Chagford, Okehampton, and Lydford; proposed by bill in 1861; but superseded by the Okehampton railway scheme, from the North Devon at Colebro-to Okehampton, authorized in 1862, and opened in 1865.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))
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Feature Description: | "a railway scheme" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
Administrative units: | Devon AncC |
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