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LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, a railway in W. R. Yorkshire; south-westward from Leeds to Mirfield, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire. It was formed on a capital of £799, 300; was incorporated, in 1845, with the Manchester and Birmingham; and went, in 1846, into amalgamation with the Northwestern.
(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: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Leeds |
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