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Aberford Railway

The Aberford Railway was a privately owned light railway built in the 19th century between Garforth and Aberford (UK) by the Gascoigne family of Yorkshire to transport coal from their collieries via the Great North Road and a connection with the contemporary Leeds and Selby Railway.


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Oliver Gascoigne

The Oliver Gascoigne family originated at the point that Richard Oliver, originally of Castle Oliver, Limerick, Ireland, inherited the fortune of Sir Thomas Gascoigne of Parlington Hall, Yorkshire, in 1810.