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LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY, a railway in Lancashire; from Liverpool, east-north-eastward, past Upholland, Wigan, and Bolton, to Bury. It was authorized in 1845; was amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds in 1846; went, with that railway, into the system of the Lancashire and Yorkshire in 1847; and was opened in 1848. It is 28¾ miles long; and it joins, at its ends and in its progress, with varions other lines.
(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: | Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Liverpool |
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