The Lyme Regis branch line was a railway branch line connecting the seaside town of Lyme Regis with the main line railway network at Axminster, running...
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Lyme Regis (/ˌlaɪm ˈriːdʒɪs/ LYME REE-jiss) is a town in west Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed...
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Lyme Regis railway station was the terminus of the Lyme Regis branch line, in the English county of Dorset. Serving the coastal resort town of Lyme Regis...
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1929. However, the class was noted for its long service on the Lyme Regis branch line, and three members of this long obsolete class were utilised on...
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(joint station with the GWR) To Chard (joint station with the GWR) To Lyme Regis from Axminster To Seaton from Seaton Junction (closed) To Sidmouth from...
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Axminster railway station (redirect from Axminster for Lyme railway station)
became a junction when the Lyme Regis branch line was opened. A bay platform (terminus) was built (on the west side) yet the branch climbed at 1 in 80 (1.25%)...
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Combpyne railway station was the intermediate station on the Lyme Regis branch line in East Devon, England. Serving the village of Combpyne, it was sited...
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station at Combpyne was a part of the Lyme Regis branch line and closed in 1965, along with many other small branch lines across the county. Traces of the...
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plantation as the town of Lyme, named after Lyme Regis, a coastal town in the southwest of England. The eastern portion of Lyme (bordering the town of Waterford)...
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class 4-4-2T "Radial tanks" (noted for their long service on the Lyme Regis branch line). 445 class 4-4-0 460 class 4-4-0 A12 class 0-4-2 "Jubilees" T1...
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Joseph Lister (redirect from Joseph, Baron Lister, of Lyme Regis Lister)
honoured when Her Majesty raised him to the peerage as Baron Lister, of Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset. In the 1902 Coronation Honours list published...
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in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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Seaton is just off the A3052 road which starts at Exeter to the West and Lyme Regis to the East. The Seaton Tramway runs frequent oldstyle tram services to...
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station on the main line; later, some of them—Yeovil, Chard, Lyme Regis, Seaton, Sidmouth and Exmouth—gained their own branch line. At Exeter, the LSWR...
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England. It runs for 38 miles (61 km) between Exmouth in East Devon and Lyme Regis in Dorset. Landscapes seen on the path include estuary, high open commons...
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through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff SSSI and NNR and crossing the border into Dorset shortly before reaching Lyme Regis. Across the Dorset border...
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Axminster, Devon. He spent most of that week riding the train on the Lyme Regis branch line. After the holiday, he spent time at his local railway station,...
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Colyford". Colyford Village. Retrieved 9 August 2021. Explorer 116 - Lyme Regis & Bridport (Map). 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-24317-6. Butt...
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Chalk Way, is a 362 miles long-distance footpath crossing England from Lyme Regis in Dorset to Hunstanton in Norfolk. It is a combined route which is made...
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working branch lines in east Devon. From there, it was used on local goods services to Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth and Sidmouth. The Lyme Regis branch opened...
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district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated midway between Lyme Regis and Sidmouth on the A3052 road. To the north the village borders the town...
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London and South Western Railway (redirect from London and South Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch) Act 1846)
Junction) to Chard Town; Lyme Regis; the branch line from Axminster to Lyme Regis opened on 24 August 1903; Seaton; a branch line from Seaton Junction to...
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Tite in mock gothic style. In 1903, the branch line from Axminster to Lyme Regis was opened. This branch line was closed with the Beeching cuts, in the...
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Bridport Railway (section The line today)
Bridport Railway was a railway branch line that operated in the county of Dorset in England. It connected Bridport with the main line network at Maiden Newton...
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follows the southwest section of the ancient track into Dorset, as far as Lyme Regis. At Ivinghoe Beacon the Ridgeway meets the Icknield Way Path which continues...
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his Royal Navy career, he married Ann Warden Liddon, of Charmouth, near Lyme Regis in Dorset, England. Their first son, Richard, was born in Charmouth in...
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Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (category Albertine branch)
(incognito) visit to England and Scotland. Among places they visited were Lyme Regis where he purchased from the local fossil collector and dealer, Mary Anning...
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Laird, Birkenhead, where she was built. Her final call on the tour was Lyme Regis on 29 May, prior to sailing for Portsmouth for decommissioning. She arrived...
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Maps (Map). Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 16 August 2024. Explorer 116 - Lyme Regis & Bridport (Map). 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-24317-6. Waine...
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of the 1960s led to the closure of other Dorset lines, the Lyme Regis and Bridport branches. The latter remained open until 1975 although the Beeching...
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