Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SKIPTON AND WHARFDALE RAILWAY

SKIPTON AND WHARFDALE RAILWAY, a railway in W. R. Yorkshire; from the Little Northwestern at Skipton, 8 miles, to Wharfdale. It was authorized in 1865.


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

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

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