Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY

TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY, a small railway system in Middlesex; comprising a line from the Hampstead Junction through Tottenham to the Great Northern and the Great Eastern, and a line from the Hampstead Junction to the Great Northern at Hornsey, aggregately 5¾ miles, authorized in 1862; an extension of ¾ mile, authorized in 1863; and a line of 1½ mile in Islington parish into junction with the Midland Extension, authorized in 1864. The entire system was in a state of completion, but not opened, at the close of 1867.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small railway system"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Middlesex AncC
Place: Tottenham

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