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POOLE and BOURNEMOUTH railway, a railway in Dorset and Hants; from Poole, 8¾ miles east-ward to Bournemouth. It was authorized in 1865, on acapital of £90,000 in shares, and £30,000 in loans.
(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: | Dorset AncC Hampshire AncC |
Place: | Poole |
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