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TRENT, a r. station with telegraph in the E of Derbyshire; on the Midland line from Derby, at the forking of the lines toward Nottingham and Leicester, 8½ miles ESE of Derby. A middle-class college was founded in its vicinity in the latter part of 1866, and was estimated to cost £20,000.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a r station with telegraph" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Trent |
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