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.
DEVON (South) RAILWAY, a railway in Devon; from a junction with the Bristol and Exeter railway at Exeter, southward, south-westward, and westward, to Plymouth, with a branch from Newton-Abbot, southward to Torquay, Brixham, and Dartmouth. The main line was authorized in 1844, and opened in 1847; and was worked for a time, at a great loss, on the atmospheric plan. The branch from Newton-Abbot to Torquay and Brixham was authorized in 1847; and the continuation of this to Dartmouth was authorized in 1857, and all completed in 1864.
(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: | Devon AncC |
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