Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORCESTER, BROMYARD, AND LEOMINSTER RAILWAY

WORCESTER, BROMYARD, AND LEOMINSTER RAILWAY, a railway in Worcestershire and Herefordshire; from the Worcester and Malvern branch of the West Midland and Bransford-Bridge, 24½ miles westward, past Bromyard, to a junction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford at Leominster. It was authorized in 1861, and was to have been completed in June 1869; but power was sought in the spring of 1869 to extend the time of completion.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Herefordshire AncC       Worcestershire AncC
Place: Worcester

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