Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HULL AND HORNSEA RAILWAY

HULL AND HORNSEA RAILWAY, a railway in E. R. Yorkshire; from Hull, northeastward, to Hornsea. It is 14 miles long; was authorized in 1862, and opened in 1864; and in 1866 was about to pass into the hands of the Northeastern company.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kingston upon Hull

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