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  2. Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway - Wikipedia

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    The line was doubled during 1866–67, to match the Wellington and Drayton Railway which opened in October 1867, thus providing a link for the GWR between the Midlands and the Northwest. The North Staffordshire Railway line from Stoke to Market Drayton opened in January 1870, joining the line at Silverdale Junction, just north of Market Drayton.

  3. Market Drayton railway station - Wikipedia

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    The Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR), which ran southwards to Market Drayton from a junction with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) at Nantwich, was opened on 20 October 1863. [2] [3] [4] The new line was 10 miles 65 chains (17.4 km) long. [5] Four years later, on 16 October 1867, the Wellington and Drayton Railway (W&DR ...

  4. Longford, Moreton Say - Wikipedia

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    Longford is 1.5 miles west of Market Drayton and 1 mile southeast of Moreton Say. A topographical guide to Shropshire published in 2005 describes Longford as a "charming hamlet on a rise in undulating country." [1] The village name is believed to come from a great road that existed in Roman times and was simply known as the Longford.

  5. Wellington to Nantwich Railway - Wikipedia

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    The line ran from Drayton Junction (52.7031°N 2.5317°W), on the Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Line just west of Wellington station, to an end-on junction with the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway at Market Drayton (52.9093°N 2.4895°W), a distance of some 16 miles. Construction started in 1864, and the line was opened in 1867.

  6. Audlem railway station - Wikipedia

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    Audlem railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway between Market Drayton and Nantwich, opened in 1863. It served the village of Audlem in Cheshire, England until closure in 1963. [1] The station was immortalised in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

  7. Styche Hall - Wikipedia

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    Styche Hall is a country house near Market Drayton, Shropshire. It was home to the Clive family and is a Grade II listed building. Styche belonged to the Clive family, and Robert Clive was born in the old timber-framed house in 1725. On his return from India in 1760, he decided to rebuild Styche Hall.

  8. Market Drayton - Wikipedia

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    Morrey owned a hardware business in Market Drayton. Thomas Povey, the colonial civil servant and friend of Samuel Pepys, was a Londoner, but a branch of his family lived at Woodseaves, near Market Drayton; the most prominent member of this branch of the family was Sir John Povey (1621–1679), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1673–79.

  9. North Market - Wikipedia

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    The NDMA also hosts a weekly farmer's market from June to October outside the market building. [1] The Dublin market, completed in 2020, was designed to be more modern than the downtown location. The new market has 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m 2) of space, two-thirds of which is for the public. The market has 15 vendors, with a total capacity of 19. [3]