Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARTLEPOOL (WEST), RAILWAY

HARTLEPOOL (WEST), RAILWAY, a system of railway in Durham; connected with West Hartlepool town and harbour. It was formed, in 1852, by the amalgamation of the Stockton and Hartlepool, the Clarence and Hartlepool, and the Clarence and West Hartlepool docks; and it has a productive working length of 47 miles.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a system of railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Hartlepool

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