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SHREWSBURY AND CREWE RAILWAY, a railway in Salop and Cheshire; from Shrewsbury north-north-eastward, past Wem, Whitchurch, and Nantwich, into junction with the Northwestern at Crewe. It is 33 miles long; was authorized in 1852, in powers to the Manchester and Birmingham; was opened in 1858; and now forms part of the Northwestern 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: | Cheshire Ancient County Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Shrewsbury |
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