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SHREWSBURY AND WELSHPOOL RAILWAY, a railway in Salop and Montgomery; from Shrewsbury 16½ miles westward, past Westbury, to the Oswestry and Newtown at Welshpool, with a branch of 5 miles to Minsterley. It was authorized in 1856; and was leased in 1864 to 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: | Montgomeryshire Ancient County Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Shrewsbury |
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