Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MACCLESFIELD, BOLLINGTON, and MARPLE RAILWAY

MACCLESFIELD, BOLLINGTON, and MARPLE RAILWAY, a railway in Cheshire; from Macclesfield, north-north-eastward, through Bollington, to Marple. It was authorized in July 1864, on a capital of £200,000 in shares, and £66,600 in loans; and it is allied to the North Staffordshire and to the Manchester and Sheffield, each subscribing to it £80,000. Its length is 10½ miles


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

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

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