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.
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY, a railway in Derbyshire; from the Midland at Ambergate, north-northwestward to Rowsley. It was authorized in 1846, and opened in 1849; it is 11½ miles long; it became incorporated with the Cromford canal; and it was leased in 1852, for 19 years, to jointly the Midland and the Northwestern. The scheme for it originally contemplated a length of 45 miles, onward to the Cheadle station of the Northwestern; and, though the execution of the scheme was never carried further than to Rowsley, a continuation of the line now exists north-westward, past Bakewell, Buxton, Whaley-Bridge, and Disley, to the Northwestern at Stockport, thus bringing the original line into direct communication with Manchester.
(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: | Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Manchester |
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