Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANIDLOES AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY

LLANIDLOES AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY, a railway in Montgomeryshire; from a junction with the Mid Wales line at Llanidloes, 12½ miles north-eastward, to a junction with the Oswestry and Chester line at Newtown. It was authorized in 1853, on a capital of £60,000; it acquired further powers in 1856,1859,1861, and 1862; and it has working agreements with the Shropshire Union, the Mid Wales, and the London and Northwestern.


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

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

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