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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BLYTH and TYNE RAILWAY, a ramified railway in the SE of Northumberland. The main part of it, 20 miles long, was authorized in 1852, and comprises a line from South Blyth, through a coal and mineral district, to Hayhole-Tyne, for coal, and to Percy-Main, on the North Shields railway, for passengers and goods. Another part, opened in October 1860, includes a Tynemouth branch of 1½ mile to Dairy-house, and a branch of 6 miles from South Blyth to the Northeastern near Morpeth. Another part is an extension of 13¾ miles to Warkworth; another, opened in 1864, is an extension of 25 miles to Newcastle; and others, authorised in 1867, are lines and branches of aggregately 24 miles.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a ramified railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Blyth |
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