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Railway and a scheme for an Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway. In retaliation the GWR sponsored an Exeter Great Western Railway. The support given to these schemes was in direct disregard of undertakings mutually given at Dalhousie's suggestion (see above), and the Southampton and Dorchester directors saw that their supposed protector was improperly sponsoring a line that would abstract from their own. Acrimonious personal accusations were made and some were published, and at a twice-yearly meeting of the S&DR the grievances were aired; the outcome was that the LSWR forced another four of their own nominee directors—they already had four out of twelve—on to the S&DR board; with by far the largest block of shares they were easily able to do this.
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2106:, was appointed to determine the relative merits of these schemes and numerous other potentially penetrating routes. At this period it was considered that only one route in any area was supportable, and therefore the Railway Board would choose which. The Five Kings found in favour of certain GWR routes and also the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and against the LSWR's Central Route. This report was published on 31 December 1844, not mentioning the break of gauge. Shortly afterwards, however the Railway Board recommended that the S&DR line should be leased not to the GWR, but to the LSWR. At a stroke, the fortunes of the GWR and LSWR were reversed, and Castleman had got what he originally wanted.
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About 50 or 60 years ago a Tunnel was constructed for canal purposes which proved a failure and was abandoned, I enquired what precautions had been taken at the crossing, and was informed that the old Tunnel had been completely taken out, and that in addition a length of twenty feet of the old tunnel
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where the line joined the existing LSWR route; the company agreed to alter the curve to a larger radius. The public opening was planned for 1 June, but on 30 May the interior of the
Southampton tunnel suffered further problems, with a large bulge in the walls indicating a section was sinking. With no
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Castleman and his colleagues. An early question was whether to build the line as double track; Castleman argued that building as single and doubling later would cost much more, but the LSWR disagreed. Next the LSWR supported a
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Castleman realised that he needed the support of a larger company, and the LSWR was the obvious choice, as it would bring London traffic to them at
Southampton, and enable them to extend to Exeter. He approached the LSWR with the idea but was rebuffed; evidently they wished to concentrate on reaching
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Dorchester was very late in reaching Wareham, and the stationmaster there sent a pilot engine out on the single line to find out what was wrong. At a point on the line where forward visibility was limited on a curve, there was a collision "of a fearful character". There were apparently only two
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tunnel through which the new tunnel had cut. This was quickly restored, and on 20 May Captain Coddington conducted the formal inspection of the route, which continued the next day. He was satisfied with the standard of workmanship of the line, but commented adversely on the narrow opening of the
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and Bournemouth, was built and the former main line between Lymington Junction and Hamworthy Junction was reduced to the status of a local branch line, finally closing in the 1960s. However the end sections, from Southampton to Lymington Junction and from Hamworthy Junction to Dorchester, remain
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now being promoted via Dorchester; and some favoured a coastal line for its usefulness in defensive troop movements in the event of an attack by France. The major disadvantage was that there would be a break of gauge at Southampton for passengers and goods travelling between Dorset and London.
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The Southampton and Dorchester line was worked from the outset by the larger LSWR, and was closely bound to it. Amalgamation was an obvious next step, proposed in 1846 and authorised on 22 July 1848 by the London and South Western and Southampton and Dorchester Railways Amalgamation Act 1848
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The old tunnel having been on a level and open at its extremities whatever percolation of water entered it either from the sides or above flowed out at both ends. The crossing of the new tunnel in no way affected this drainage, but by the filling up solid of a portion of it, leaving a hollow
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joined here. Their engines were serviced at Wimborne, and LSWR engines took their goods wagons on to Poole. Moreover, as the price for the Dorset Central dropping a proposal to extend its own line to Poole, the LSWR was obliged to take Dorset Central through passenger coaches to Poole from
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communities largely favoured the Southampton and Dorchester proposals, seeing the LSWR for the obstructive tactic that it was, and welcoming the competition that GWR alliance would bring to an area dominated by the LSWR. Moreover, Weymouth would get its connection, through the broad gauge
2112:, the chairman of the Railway Board, encouraged the LSWR, the GWR and Castleman to come to a territorial agreement: there was to be no encroachment into the others' territory without informing each other and the Board of Trade. The GWR lease of the S&DR was transferred to the LSWR.
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which opened a branch to the town from Ringwood on 14 March 1870. The route was still circuitous, and was a branch off the main line, so that many express passenger trains divided at Brockenhurst, with separate portions for Weymouth via Wimborne and Bournemouth via Christchurch.
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station of the original London and Southampton Railway, reversing to continue towards Dorchester. A curve was constructed enabling through running, opening to passengers on 2 August 1858, and on the same day Blechynden station was renamed Southampton West (or West End).
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1985:. This alignment was far from direct, later earning the line the epithet "the Corkscrew", but Moorsom was confident that his line was cheaper and served more intermediate settlements than a direct line via the undeveloped heathlands around Poole. Interests in
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side of the new Tunnel to reach the old one at a point some distance beyond the 20 feet which had been solidly built up. Through this gallery the materials were introduced and 3, 4 or more cross walls about 10 feet apart were built within it.
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c. lxxxix), taking effect on 11 October 1848. Southampton and Dorchester shareholders received LSWR shares one to one. John Mills joined the LSWR board, but Castleman did not do so until 1855, becoming chairman of the LSWR from 1873 to 1875.
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released a report identifying the line between Brockenhurst and Ringwood was listed as Priority 2 for reopening. Priority 2 is for those lines which require further development or a change in circumstances (such as housing developments).
2846:(sometimes Southampton West End), a short distance to the west, in July 1858. The station had two through lines, and was extended on 1 November 1892. It was much extended again with the provision of four through lines, opening as
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The town of Poole had a station on the south side of the Quay Channel, and road access to Poole itself was over a toll bridge. The branch line to this Poole station made an east-facing junction with the main line at what is now
2863:(sometimes Totton for Eling) later the same year. The junction for Eling and the signalbox called Eling Junction had been open for several years, and has led a website to assert erroneously that the station had opened in 1847.
2030:. Castleman realised that it was unlikely that both routes would be built, and he pressed the LSWR for undertakings not to develop the Central Route; the larger company again rebuffed him and declined further discussion.
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Castleman was evidently furious and after further exchanges during the meeting he resigned. He was later persuaded to resume his duties as solicitor to the company, but the LSWR was now in total control.
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The Act had left the route through the New Forest to be approved by the Commissioners for the Royal Woods and Forests, and they did not approve Moorsom's route. This proved contentious and at length
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which was renamed Hamworthy Junction on the same day. The old Poole station was renamed Hamworthy, and continued in passenger service until 1 July 1896 when it was reduced to goods-only status.
2381:. The section of line from Blechynden to the LSWR terminus only opened for traffic from the night of 5–6 August 1847, although there were passengers on a test train which ran on 29 July 1847.
2322:. The damage extended about 100 yards (90 m) and opened to the surface near the western end of the tunnel; it was caused by disturbance to the ground created around the route of the old
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and allied to them, would capture a large tract of territory for them. The GWR agreed to discuss the matter, and after some weeks, a lease of the future line was signed by them.
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was not permitted, the line instead making a southward sweep near there. From Brockenhurst the line was to run westward through Ringwood and Wimborne, trending southwest through
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on 20 January 1857, and according to the terms of the original Acts, they had laid narrow gauge rails, so that LSWR trains could run to Weymouth. They had a separate station at
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interval, the accumulation of water in seeking an egress has entered into, saturated the soil on which the new Tunnel stands, and it is now incapable of supporting its weight.
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was the terminus; the LSWR had to transport their locomotives there by road through the streets of Southampton. The Poole branch (to Lower Hamworthy) opened at the same time.
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line on 5 March 1858, Lymington Junction, and Brockenhurst as the junction passenger station, became more important still. Brockenhurst station was extended in 1936.
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on 7 July 1935, and the line was quadrupled from the station to Millbrook. The suffix Central was dropped from 10 July 1967, but was reinstated on 29 May 1994.
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passengers in the train, and they escaped without injury, but "considerable damage is done to both engines, and several carriages are said to be shattered".
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from there. Many railway schemes had been improbable in conception and Castleman went to some trouble to ensure a practicable and worthwhile scheme; Captain
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A station was opened at Eling Junction in 1859, and was renamed
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Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland, March 1850
3638:"Connecting Communities – Expanding Access to the Rail Network"
3115:
in Southampton Borough Council minutes (page 160 in Patterson).
2876:(sometimes referred to simply as Beaulieu in the early years).
3803:
Google map showing route of Southampton to Dorchester Railway
3442:
23 April 1846, and a letter from Chaplin to de Mauley in the
2715:
When the Southampton and Dorchester line had been conceived,
2049:
associated companies) or railways with the standard gauge of
3417:, 23 September 1847, which said there were three passengers.
2719:
was an insignificant hamlet surrounded by barren and hilly
2071:). (In this context the latter were usually referred to as
2838:
The stations on the route have experienced some changes:
2384:
There was a serious collision on 20 September 1847, near
1902:, but had early on been frustrated by the success of the
2226:. From there the line was to run westerly, crossing the
2743:
It was not until 5 March 1888 that the LSWR opened the
2327:
overbridges, and the fact that the entire line west of
1653:
1645:
1638:
1631:
3779:, facsimile edition, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 2012,
3172:, volume 1, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968,
2242:
intervened in the alignment of the route through the
2444:, sometimes known as Ossemley Ford or Osmondly Ford;
3103:Some references (Williams, Butt) give the spelling
2607:
2597:
2592:
2579:
2553:
2400:system, and installed it "by the end of the year".
2257:The line was planned as part of a through route to
2183:
2178:
2165:
2155:
2129:
3579:, published by Trackmaps, Bradford on Avon, 2008,
3481:, Middleton Press, Midhurst, second edition 1998,
2959:, opened for goods in 1915 and passengers in 1924;
2694:Trains from London to Dorchester had to enter the
3698:, Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, 1968
3360:"Southampton and Salisbury Canal - The Aftermath"
3551:"PastScape - Southampton and Dorchester Railway"
3479:South Coast Railways: Southampton to Bournemouth
2747:, running direct from Lymington Junction (near
1858:In the late 19th century, a shorter route, via
1847:was not considered an important settlement and
3496:
3494:
3265:
3263:
3261:
3259:
3049:, a path which passes through the villages of
2737:Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway
1914:in to its network, and that was a branch from
1898:The LSWR wished to expand its network towards
1879:The Southampton and Dorchester Railway in 1847
1785:was an English railway company formed to join
3766:, Southampton at the University Press, 1965,
3249:
3247:
3245:
3243:
3241:
2540:) was built, opening probably in April 1851.
1824:because of the meandering route it followed.
1801:, with hopes of forming part of a route from
43:
8:
3577:Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL
3473:
3471:
3213:, published by the City of Southampton, 1975
1997:had been considered, but not taken further.
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1233:
1226:
3319:
3317:
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3164:
3162:
2711:Bridge across former railway line, Ringwood
2131:Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act 1845
1863:operational and form part of the important
3830:Closed railway lines in South West England
3825:Closed railway lines in South East England
2550:
2336:connection to the mainline to London, the
2254:and Wareham, and then west to Dorchester.
2126:
1831:was determined by the requirements of the
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733:
75:
50:
36:
16:Former railway company in southern England
3594:
3592:
3575:John Yonge and Gerald Jacobs, (editors),
2890:between 1876 and 1888. On opening of the
2834:Former railway station platform, Holmsley
2207:was also authorised, and the broad gauge
1918:, giving a circuitous route from London.
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143:
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3684:, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, 1995
3645:Association of Train Operating Companies
3077:Association of Train Operating Companies
637:
629:
3464:. 28 November 1846. pp. 5507–5509.
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2026:to Exeter, and the route via Salisbury
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33:
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3329:2013 Southern Counties Railway Society
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3170:The London & South Western Railway
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2826:Former railway station house, Holmsley
2425:, sometimes known as Ashurst at first;
1855:, across a toll bridge from the town.
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3855:Railway companies established in 1845
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2921:Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
2609:Text of statute as originally enacted
7:
3444:British Transport Historical Records
2663:Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
2512:Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
2209:Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
2087:Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
1165:
1157:
973:
965:
3719:, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1992,
3533:, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1992,
3519:Hantsphere web page: Totton station
3386:"Southampton railway tunnel's past"
2866:Lyndhurst Road station was renamed
3384:Sackley, Neil (27 November 2009).
2240:Commissioners of Woods and Forests
1783:Southampton and Dorchester Railway
59:Southampton and Dorchester Railway
25:Southampton Central station (1963)
14:
3682:The Directory of Railway Stations
3429:, 23 December 1847, quoted in Cox
3390:BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight
2414:in contrast to the LSWR terminus;
2369:Dorchester - Waterloo express at
2246:, and the intended route through
1620:
930:
3746:Lost Canals of England and Wales
3362:. Southampton Canal Society 2009
2794:station via the eastern side of
2573:Parliament of the United Kingdom
2566:
2149:Parliament of the United Kingdom
2142:
1893:London and South Western Railway
1851:was served by a branch to Lower
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91:
84:
2620:Down parcels train approaching
2324:Southampton and Salisbury Canal
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1256:
1249:
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1019:
949:
724:
533:
184:
92:
3865:1845 establishments in England
3715:Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith,
3529:Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith,
3477:Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith,
3113:the Blechynden Terrace station
3107:; this seems to be a mistake:
2897:Christchurch Road was renamed
2412:the Blechynden Terrace station
2403:The stations at opening were:
1885:London and Southampton Railway
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956:
559:
446:
367:
289:
126:
1:
3253:Williams, volume 1, chapter 3
3084:Campaign for Better Transport
2320:railway tunnel at Southampton
2234:, and then run south-west to
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1390:
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439:
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282:
85:
3860:Railway lines opened in 1847
3717:Branch Lines Around Wimborne
3531:Branch Lines Around Wimborne
3440:Poole and Dorsetshire Herald
3427:Poole and Dorsetshire Herald
3415:Poole and Dorsetshire Herald
2703:Bournemouth and Christchurch
2646:Weymouth over the rival line
1354:
1040:
226:
3845:Rail transport in Hampshire
3733:, Countryside Books, 2001,
3500:Williams, volume 1 page 194
2929:. From 1 November 1860 the
2913:was opened on 1 April 1927.
2818:Stations after amalgamation
2785:Somerset and Dorset Railway
2410:, sometimes referred to as
2285:Disagreements with the LSWR
1833:Commissioners of the Forest
1511:
1489:
1434:
1412:
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519:
497:
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341:
319:
263:
3881:
3222:Williams, volume 1 page 54
2548:United Kingdom legislation
2544:Amalgamation with the LSWR
2338:Blechynden terrace station
2124:United Kingdom legislation
1908:Bristol and Exeter Railway
3762:Alfred Temple Patterson,
3071:Moors Valley Country Park
3069:, Upton Country Park and
2767:From 1 November 1860 the
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710:& Bournemouth Railway
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100:
78:
3835:Rail transport in Dorset
3744:Russell, Ronald (1971).
2781:Somerset Central Railway
2690:Southampton improvements
2482:had been opened in 1834;
2020:Exeter through Salisbury
1973:, then turning south to
1906:(GWR) and its ally, the
1327:(Original Poole station)
3731:Lost Railways of Dorset
3705:, Oakwood Press, 2007,
3647:. June 2009. p. 19
3557:. English Heritage 2007
3411:Illustrated London News
3270:Jackson, B. L. (2007).
2203:to the ballast quay at
1916:Bishopstoke (Eastleigh)
3145:British History Online
3027:
2998:
2931:Dorset Central Railway
2835:
2827:
2769:Dorset Central Railway
2712:
2665:(WS&WR) opened to
2658:
2625:
2374:
2358:
2094:The parliamentary bill
2039:
2014:
1962:
1929:, and possibly on via
1880:
810:Salisbury & Dorset
703:Ringwood, Christchurch
26:
3748:. David and Charles.
3703:Castleman's Corkscrew
3082:In January 2019, the
3019:
2996:
2888:Brockenhurst Junction
2884:Lymington branch line
2833:
2825:
2771:opened its line from
2710:
2653:
2619:
2368:
2345:
2035:
2012:
1952:
1944:
1904:Great Western Railway
1878:
1827:Its route across the
1822:Castleman's Corkscrew
1320:Lower Hamworthy Goods
902:Somerset & Dorset
545:Lymington Branch Line
458:Fawley branch railway
24:
3850:History of Hampshire
3808:East Dorset Railways
3040:South West Main Line
2984:on 26 December 1949.
2980:Dorchester, renamed
2868:Ashurst (New Forest)
2731:from the station at
2696:Southampton Terminus
2655:Lady Wimborne Bridge
2220:Southampton Terminus
1995:atmospheric traction
1889:docks at Southampton
1865:South West Main Line
1820:and became known as
990:South West Main Line
761:South West Main Line
654:South West Main Line
208:Southampton West End
172:Southampton Terminus
116:South West Main Line
3612: /
2848:Southampton Central
2271:Dorchester terminus
2224:Southampton station
1812:It was promoted by
245:Southampton Central
3696:Railways of Dorset
3461:The London Gazette
3075:A report from the
3047:Castleman Trailway
3028:
3021:Castleman Trailway
2999:
2836:
2828:
2713:
2659:
2626:
2474:; the terminal on
2398:electric telegraph
2375:
2015:
1977:and west again to
1963:
1881:
1691:& Weymouth Rly
1541:& Weymouth Rly
1339:Hamworthy Junction
1140:Holes Bay Junction
605:Lymington Junction
195:Southampton Tunnel
27:
3840:History of Dorset
3785:978 1-908174-13-0
3711:978-0-85361-666-5
3585:978-0-9549866-4-3
3274:. Oakwood Press.
2911:Ashley Heath Halt
2733:Christchurch Road
2631:11 & 12 Vict.
2622:Branksome station
2614:
2613:
2586:11 & 12 Vict.
2561:Act of Parliament
2538:the Eling Tramway
2442:Christchurch Road
2361:After opening day
2193:
2192:
2137:Act of Parliament
2028:the Central Route
2024:the Coastal Route
1959:Southampton Docks
1814:Charles Castleman
1779:
1778:
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1726:Unbuilt extension
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3616:50.738°N 2.028°W
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2844:Southampton West
2638:Part of the LSWR
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2379:Southampton West
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1818:Wimborne Minster
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2454:Leonards Bridge
2363:
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2314:Opening at last
2300:
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2197:8 & 9 Vict.
2172:8 & 9 Vict.
2151:
2143:
2130:
2125:
2122:
2096:
2068:
2061:
2057:
2054:
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2051:4 ft
2050:
2007:
2005:Finding an ally
1991:Channel Islands
1969:, Ringwood and
1947:
1945:Moorsom's route
1939:William Moorsom
1873:
1843:; at that time
1751:
1740:
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1684:Wilts, Somerset
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1603:Dorchester West
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1589:
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1565:
1554:
1534:Wilts, Somerset
1515:
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1478:
1475:Swanage Railway
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1195:Former Poole to
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3456:"No. 20677"
3396:22 December
3366:21 December
3334:21 December
3151:30 December
3147:. HMSO 1970
3105:Bletchynden
3067:Upton Heath
3036:Bournemouth
2804:Bournemouth
2717:Bournemouth
2308:Morton Peto
2043:broad gauge
1845:Bournemouth
1787:Southampton
1697:
998:Bournemouth
769:Bournemouth
662:Bournemouth
3819:Categories
3772:0854323457
3739:1853066966
3643:. London:
3604:50°44′17″N
3123:References
3109:Blechynden
3059:Broadstone
3025:Broadstone
3011:West Moors
2938:Broadstone
2923:converged.
2917:West Moors
2792:Broadstone
2729:stagecoach
2671:Dorchester
2504:Dorchester
2476:the branch
2408:Blechynden
2390:mail train
2298:New Forest
2269:, and the
2252:Broadstone
2244:New Forest
2228:River Test
2157:Long title
1983:Dorchester
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1835:. West of
1829:New Forest
1795:Dorchester
1011:Broadstone
852:West Moors
404:River Test
3607:2°01′41″W
3309:c. xciii)
3209:J G Cox,
3005:in 1965.
2951:Hamworthy
2934:Wimborne.
2854:Millbrook
2798:to a new
2796:Holes Bay
2777:Blandford
2762:Hamworthy
2745:Sway line
2721:heathland
2588:c. lxxxix
2530:Blandford
2526:Lymington
2423:Lyndhurst
2418:Redbridge
2371:Parkstone
2329:Redbridge
2275:Holes Bay
2267:Axminster
2248:Lyndhurst
2201:Hamworthy
2078:Gauge War
1912:Salisbury
1853:Hamworthy
1791:Hampshire
1364:Lake Halt
1267:Holes Bay
333:Redbridge
311:Millbrook
214:(1847–95)
2927:Wimborne
2905:Ringwood
2899:Holmsley
2773:Wimborne
2667:Weymouth
2581:Citation
2460:Wimborne
2448:Ringwood
2263:Bridport
2213:Weymouth
2174:c. xciii
2167:Citation
2065: in
1987:Weymouth
1971:Wimborne
1955:Alderney
1931:Bridport
1841:Ringwood
1708:Weymouth
874:Wimborne
675:Ringwood
612:Holmsley
3038:on the
2975:Moreton
2963:Wareham
2498:Moreton
2486:Wareham
2333:Northam
2060:⁄
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1871:Origins
1521:Moreton
1426:Wareham
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68:Legend
3641:(PDF)
3091:Notes
3063:Upton
2755:Poole
2593:Dates
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