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OLAVES (St.)-JUNCTION, a railway station on the S E border of Norfolk; at the intersection of the railway from Ipswich to Yarmouth with the railway from Lowestoft to Norwich, adjacent to the river Waveney, 6½ miles S W of Yarmouth. It takes its name from an ancientpriory, now a ruin, on a neighbouring spot.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | St Olaves |
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