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Charnwood Forest Railway

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The Charnwood Forest Railway was a branch line in Leicestershire constructed by the Charnwood Forest Company between 1881 and 1883. [1]

30 relations: A512 road, Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway, Charnwood Forest, Charnwood Forest Canal, Coalville, Coalville Town railway station, Grace Dieu Priory, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Leicester, Leicester and Swannington Railway, Leicestershire, LNWR Webb Coal Tank, London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Loughborough, Loughborough Derby Road railway station, Midland Main Line, Mountain bike, Nuneaton, Prestwold Hall, Railmotor, Railways Act 1921, Shackerstone, Shepshed, Swannington, Leicestershire, Thringstone, Whitwick, Whitwick railway station, World War I, World War II.

A512 road

The A512 is an A road entirely in Leicestershire, UK.

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Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway

The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway was a pre-grouping railway company in the English Midlands.

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Charnwood Forest

Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville.

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Charnwood Forest Canal

The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794 It marks the beginning of a period of history that saw the introduction of railways to supplement canals and, in the end, superseding them, leading eventually to the Midland Counties Railway.

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Coalville

Coalville is a market town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575.

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Coalville Town railway station

Coalville Town was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

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Grace Dieu Priory

The Grace Dieu Priory was an independent Augustinian priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England.

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Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Hyacinthoides non-scripta (formerly Endymion non-scriptus or Scilla non-scripta) is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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Leicester and Swannington Railway

The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.

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LNWR Webb Coal Tank

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Webb Coal Tank is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.

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Loughborough

Loughborough is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and home to Loughborough University.

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Loughborough Derby Road railway station

Loughborough Derby Road railway station was a station on the Charnwood Forest Railway.

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Midland Main Line

The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Sheffield in the north of England.

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Mountain bike

A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated Mtn Bike or MTB) is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling.

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Nuneaton

Nuneaton is a town in northern Warwickshire, England.

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Prestwold Hall

Prestwold Hall Prestwold Hall is a country house in Leicestershire, England standing in of land in the parish of Prestwold.

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Railmotor

Railmotor is a term which was used by several British railway companies for a lightweight railcar, that is, a railway carriage with a small steam traction unit or diesel or petrol engine integrated into it.

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Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914–1918.

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Shackerstone

Shackerstone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.

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Shepshed

Shepshed, often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, (also Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) is a town in Leicestershire, England with a population of around 14,000 people, measured at 13,505 at the 2011 census.

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Swannington, Leicestershire

Swannington is a former mining village in Leicestershire, England.

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Thringstone

Thringstone is a village in north-west Leicestershire, England about north of Coalville.

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Whitwick

Whitwick is a large village in Leicestershire, England and is an ancient parish which formerly included the equally historic villages of Thringstone and Swannington.

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Whitwick railway station

Whitwick railway station served the village of Whitwick, Leicestershire, England.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnwood_Forest_Railway

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