A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEEDS AND BRADFORD RAILWAY, a railway in W. R. Yorkshire, and in Lancashire; from Leeds, northwestward, by Skipton, into junction with the East Lancashire at Colne. It was constructed on a capital of £1, 240, 000; and the receipts for it, at June 1849, amounted to £1, 384, 228, -the expenditure to £1, 376, 812. It is 45½ miles long; and it now, by incorporation, forms part of the Midland system.
(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: | Lancashire AncC Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Leeds |
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