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STONEHOUSE AND NAILSWORTH RAILWAY, a railway in Gloucester; from the Midland system at Stonehouse, 5¾ miles south-eastward to Nailsworth, with an extension from Dudbridge, 1¼ mile, to the Great Western at Stroud. The main line was authorized in 1863, and opened in 1867; and the extension was authorized in 1865.
(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: | Gloucestershire AncC |
Place: | Stonehouse |
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