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Southampton and Dorchester Railway, the Glossary

The Southampton and Dorchester Railway was an English railway company formed to join Southampton in Hampshire with Dorchester in Dorset, with hopes of forming part of a route from London to Exeter.^[1]

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Rail transport in Dorset
Rail transport in Hampshire
Railway companies established in 1845
Railway lines opened in 1847

Ashley Heath

Ashley Heath is a village in Dorset, England, adjacent to the villages of St Leonards and St Ives, with which it forms the civil parish of St Leonards and St Ives.

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Atmospheric railway

An atmospheric railway uses differential air pressure to provide power for propulsion of a railway vehicle.

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Axminster

Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England.

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Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum is a market town in Dorset, England, on the River Stour, north-west of Poole.

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Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.

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Bridport

Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker.

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Bristol and Exeter Railway

The Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.

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British Gauge War

The Gauge War (or Gauge Wars) was a figurative war of intense competition to control new territory, waged between expanding railway companies in Great Britain in the nineteenth century.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.

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Broadstone, Dorset

Broadstone is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England.

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Brockenhurst

Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England.

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Campaign for Better Transport (United Kingdom)

Campaign for Better Transport is an advocacy group in the United Kingdom that promotes sustainable transport, particularly bus and rail services.

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Castleman Trailway

The Castleman Trailway is a footpath in Southern England.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Charles Castleman (solicitor)

Charles Castleman (1807–1876) was an English solicitor, railway planner, justice of the peace and prison inspector.

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Christchurch railway station (England)

Christchurch railway station serves the town of Christchurch in Dorset, England.

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Christchurch, Dorset

Christchurch is a town and civil parish on the south coast of Dorset, England.

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Commissioners of Woods and Forests

The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission.

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Dorchester South railway station

Dorchester South is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England; the other is.

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Dorchester West railway station

Dorchester West is one of two railway stations that serves the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England; the other is.

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Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Eastleigh railway station

Eastleigh railway station serves the town of Eastleigh in the English county of Hampshire.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Hamworthy

Hamworthy is a suburb of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.

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Hamworthy Freight Branch

The Hamworthy Freight Branch is a short standard gauge line from Hamworthy Station to the Hamworthy side of Poole Harbour. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and Hamworthy Freight Branch are rail transport in Dorset.

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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Holes Bay

Holes Bay is an intertidal embayment off Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".

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James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie

James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (22 April 1812 – 19 December 1860), known as the Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849, was a Scottish statesman and colonial administrator in British India.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1845

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1845.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1847

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1847.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.

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London and Southampton Railway

The London and Southampton Railway was an early railway company between London and Southampton, in England.

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Lymington

Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England.

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Lymington branch line

The Lymington branch line is a railway that runs from Brockenhurst to Lymington in the New Forest, England. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and Lymington branch line are rail transport in Hampshire.

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Lyndhurst, Hampshire

Lyndhurst is a large village and civil parish situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England, about nine miles south-west of Southampton.

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Mail train

Many countries have had dedicated railway services for the delivery of postal mail.

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Moors Valley Country Park

Moors Valley Country Park, officially Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, is a Country Park jointly managed by Dorset Council and Forestry England situated in Ashley Heath, Dorset on the border with Hampshire, in the south of England.

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Moreton railway station (Dorset)

Moreton railway station serves the villages of Moreton and Crossways in Dorset, England.

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Morton Peto

Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (4 August 1809 – 13 November 1889) was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer, and, for more than 20 years, a Member of Parliament (MP).

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New Forest

The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire.

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Northam, Southampton

Northam is a suburb of Southampton in Hampshire.

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Oakley, Dorset

Oakley is a village community in Dorset, England.

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Poole

Poole is a coastal town and seaport on the south coast of England in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England.

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Poole Bridge

Poole Bridge (also known as Poole Lifting Bridge and Hamworthy Bridge) is a bascule bridge in Poole, Dorset, England.

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Poole Harbour

Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores.

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Poole railway station

Poole railway station is a stop on the South West Main Line, serving the town of Poole in Dorset, England.

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Port of Southampton

The Port of Southampton is a passenger and cargo port in the central part of the south coast of England.

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Rail Delivery Group

The Rail Delivery Group Limited (RDG), previously the Association of Train Operating Companies, is the British rail industry membership body that brings together passenger and freight rail companies, Network Rail and High Speed 2.

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Railway Mania

Railway Mania was a stock market bubble in the rail transportation industry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1840s.

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Redbridge, Southampton

Redbridge is a ward with a population of 14,432, to the west of the city centre of Southampton, England.

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Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway

The Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway was a railway company formed to link Christchurch and Bournemouth, England, to the London and South Western Railway's Southampton and Dorchester line at Ringwood. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway are closed railway lines in South East England.

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Ringwood, Hampshire

Ringwood is a market town in south-west Hampshire, England, on the River Avon close to the New Forest, northeast of Bournemouth and southwest of Southampton.

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River Test

The River Test is a chalk stream in Hampshire in the south of England.

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Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.

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Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway

The Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway was a railway company, that built a line from a junction near Salisbury to another near West Moors on the Ringwood to Wimborne line. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway are closed railway lines in South West England, history of Dorset, rail transport in Dorset and rail transport in Hampshire.

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Salisbury and Southampton Canal

The Salisbury and Southampton Canal was intended to be a 13-mile long canal in Hampshire and Wiltshire, southern England.

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Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, also known as the S&D, SDJR or S&DJR, was an English railway line connecting Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (now in south-east Dorset but then in Hampshire), with a branch from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway are closed railway lines in South West England, history of Dorset and rail transport in Dorset.

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South West Main Line

The South West Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and south West Main Line are rail transport in Dorset and rail transport in Hampshire.

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Southampton Central railway station

Southampton Central (originally Southampton West and later known simply as Southampton) is a main line railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England.

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Southampton Terminus railway station

Southampton Terminus railway station served the Port of Southampton and Southampton City Centre, England from 1840 until 1966.

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Southampton Tunnel

Southampton Tunnel (alternatively known as the Southampton Civic Centre Tunnel) is a 528-yard railway tunnel that runs close to the Civic Centre in the centre of the Hampshire city of Southampton, in England. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and Southampton Tunnel are history of Hampshire and rail transport in Hampshire.

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Southampton West End railway station

Southampton West End served the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England, from 1847 to 1895 on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway (now part of the South West Main Line).

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St Leonards, Dorset

St Leonards is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated on the A31 road approximately south-west of Ringwood, Hampshire, north of Bournemouth and north-east of Ferndown.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, diligence) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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Telegraphy

Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message.

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Totton and Eling

Totton and Eling is a civil parish in Hampshire, England, with a population of about 28,100 people.

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Upton Heath

Upton Heath is one of the largest remaining fragments of a heath that once stretched across central southern England from Dorchester to Christchurch and beyond.

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Upton, Dorset

Upton is a town in south-east Dorset, England.

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Wareham, Dorset

Wareham is a historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset.

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West Moors

West Moors is a village in Dorset, England, on the northern fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation, just outside the larger settlements of Ferndown and Verwood.

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West of England line

The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from, Hampshire, to in Devon, England. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and West of England line are rail transport in Dorset and rail transport in Hampshire.

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Weymouth, Dorset

Weymouth is a sea-side town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England.

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William Moorsom

; Captain William Scarth Moorsom (1804–1863) was an English soldier and engineer.

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Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway

The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WS&WR) was an early railway company in south-western England. Southampton and Dorchester Railway and Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway are 1845 establishments in England, rail transport in Dorset and railway companies established in 1845.

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Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town.

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Wool, Dorset

Wool is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward in south Dorset, England.

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References

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

Also known as London and South Western and Southampton and Dorchester Railways Amalgamation Act 1848, Southampton & Dorchester Railway, Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act 1845.

, Poole railway station, Port of Southampton, Rail Delivery Group, Railway Mania, Redbridge, Southampton, Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway, Ringwood, Hampshire, River Test, Salisbury, Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway, Salisbury and Southampton Canal, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, South West Main Line, Southampton, Southampton Central railway station, Southampton Terminus railway station, Southampton Tunnel, Southampton West End railway station, St Leonards, Dorset, Stagecoach, Telegraphy, Totton and Eling, Upton Heath, Upton, Dorset, Wareham, Dorset, West Moors, West of England line, Weymouth, Dorset, William Moorsom, Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, Wimborne Minster, Wool, Dorset.

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See also

Rail transport in Dorset

Rail transport in Hampshire

Railway companies established in 1845

Railway lines opened in 1847

References