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Oldham, Ashton under Lyne, and Guidebridge Railway, Lancashire

Historical Description

Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Guidebridge Railway, a railway in the SE of Lancashire, connecting the places named in its title. The system was authorized in 1857, on a capital of £140,000 in shares and £46,600 in loans; was opened in Aug. 1861; and was vested mutually in the North-Western and the Manchester and Sheffield, at 4½ per cent, in 1862.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.