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.
HERTFORD, LUTON, AND DUNSTABLE RAILWAY, a railway in Herts and Beds. It is an amalgamation of the Hertford and Welwyn Junction and the Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction; it gives direct communication from Dunstable and Luton, by way of Hatfield, to Hertford and London; it comprises a length of 24½ miles; it now forms part of the Great Northern system; it communicates from Dunstable, by a line westnorth-westward, with the Great Western at LeightonBuzzard; it will communicate from Luton, by a line southward, with St. Albans; and it will be crossed at Luton, by a line south-south-eastward direct from Bedford to London. The Hertford and Welwyn Junction part of it was authorized in 1854; was opened in March 1858; and is 7½ miles long. The Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction part was authorized in 1855; was opened in May 1858; and is 17 miles long.
(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: | Bedfordshire AncC Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Hertford |
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