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SIDMOUTH RAILWAY, a railway in Devon; from the Southwestern at Ottery-Road station, 8 miles south by eastward to Sidmouth, with a harbour at S., and a branch ½ a mile long within S. parish. The main line and the harbour were authorized in 1862,-the branch, in 1865; but the entire scheme was in abeyance in 1868.
(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: | Devon AncC |
Place: | Sidmouth |
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