Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAINES, WOKINGHAM, and READING RAILWAY

STAINES, WOKINGHAM, and READING RAILWAY, a railway in Middlesex, Surrey, and Berks; from the Southwestern at Staines, westward to a junction with the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate at Wokingham. It was authorized in 1853, and opened in 1856; and was leased to the Southwestern in 1858. The trains on it are run into Reading.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Berkshire AncC       Middlesex AncC       Surrey AncC
Place: Staines

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