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.
NEWCASTLE and CARLISLE railway, a railway in the N of England; from the general railway station at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, westward, past Blaydon, Hexham, and Haltwhistle, to the general railway stationat Carlisle. It was authorized in 1829; it was opened partially in 1835, and completely in 1838; it was constructed, as to the main line, at a cost of £17, 838 permile; it originally terminated at the E outskirt of Carlisle, but was prolonged to the general r. station in 1863; it includes the main line 65¼ miles from Newcastle to Carlisle, a branch of 12 miles from Haltwhistle to Alston, and a short branch to Redheugh; it is connected, abouta mile W of Hexham, with the Border Counties branch of the North British railway, and with a line in course of formation in 1867 south westward to Allendale; it was amalgamated, in 1862, with the North eastern; and a dividend of 8.58 per cent. of the net revenue of the entire North eastern goes to its shareholders.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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