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LEICESTER AND HITCHIN RAILWAY, a railway in the counties of Leicester, Northampton, Bedford, and Hertford; from Leicester south-south-eastward to Hitchin. It was authorized in 1847-8, but abandoned on arrangements with the Great Northern. It was authorized again in 1853, and was opened in 1858. It is 62 miles long, and has a branch of 1 mile to Willingboroough station. It forms part of the Midland system.
(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: | Hertfordshire Ancient County Leicestershire Ancient County Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Leicester |
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