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, SOUTH JUNCTION, AND ALTRINCHAM RAILWAY, a railway in Lancashire and Cheshire; from Manchester south-westward to Altrincham and Bowdon. It consists of two parts; first, the South Junction line, 1½ mile long, connecting the lines at London-road, Manchester, with the Northwestern at Ordsal-lane, Salford; second, the Altrincham branch, 7¾ miles long, from the South Junction line to Bowdon. It was authorized in 1845; was formed on a capital of £290,000 in shares, and £21 6,666 in loans, contributed in equal proportions by the Northwestern and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire; and, by an act of 1858, was placed under the supervision of a standing arbitrator.
(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: | Cheshire AncC Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Manchester |
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