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