Battlefield Line Railway

The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England. It runs from Shackerstone to Shenton, via Market Bosworth, which is a total of 5 miles (8.0 km). Shenton is near Bosworth Field, which was the location of the final battle of the Wars of the Roses, immortalised in Shakespeare's Richard III, and inspired the name of the railway.

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  Ashby de la Zouch Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed ruins in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, United Kingdom  

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  Caludon Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK  

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  Tamworth Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Tamworth, United Kingdom  

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  Leicester Castle ⓘ
  castle in Leicester, England, UK  

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  Kirby Muxloe Castle ⓘ
  unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England, UK  

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  Whatton House and Attached Stables ⓘ
  country house in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Arbury Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Warwickshire, England, UK

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  Battlefield Line Railway ⓘ
  Heritage railway line in Leicestershire, England

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  Erasmus Darwin House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Lichfield, United Kingdom

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  Framework Knitters Museum ⓘ
  museum of knitting in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

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  Great Central Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway based in Loughborough, England, UK

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  Leicester Museum & Art Gallery ⓘ
  Museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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  Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum ⓘ
  Grade II listed military museum in Loughborough, United Kingdom  

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  Lunt Roman Fort ⓘ
  Roman fort in Warwickshire, England, UK  

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  Manor Farm Park and Woodland ⓘ
  zoo in the UK

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  Melbourne Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in South Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Midland Air Museum ⓘ
  aviation museum in Baginton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

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  Shackerstone railway station ⓘ
  preserved railway station and heritage museum in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Stanford Hall, Leicestershire ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum near Lutterworth, United Kingdom

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  Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum ⓘ
  

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  William Carey Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, UK

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  Calke Abbey ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in South Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum ⓘ
  Grade I listed biographical museum in Lichfield, United Kingdom

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  Belgrave Hall ⓘ
  Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave, Leicester, England, UK

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  Stanford Hall ⓘ
  country house in Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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  Stoneywell ⓘ
  house in Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum and gallery in Riversley Park, Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

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  Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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  Herbert Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ
  museum and art gallery in Coventry

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  Newarke Houses Museum ⓘ
  Public museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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  Nuneaton Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Nuneaton, England, UK

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  Percy Pilcher Museum ⓘ
  museum in Lutterworth, England, UK

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  Twycross Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Staffordshire Regiment Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

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  Abbey Pumping Station Museum ⓘ
  Local Authority Museum in the East Midlands, United Kingdom

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  The 1620s House and Garden ⓘ
  UK historic house museum in Donington le Heath, Coalville, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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  Aircraft Radio Museum ⓘ
  museum in Coventry, England, UK

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  Gas Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, UK

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  National Brewery Centre ⓘ
  museum of brewing heritage in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

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  Coventry Transport Museum ⓘ
  Transport museum in Coventry, United Kingdom

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  Lichfield Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in a church in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK

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  National Motorcycle Museum ⓘ
  motorcycle museum in West Midlands, England

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  Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park ⓘ
  Museum and heritage centre in Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

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  Moira Furnace Museum ⓘ
  industrial museum in Derby, England, United Kingdom

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  The Bellfoundry Museum ⓘ
  museum in Loughborough, England, UK

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  Old Rectory Museum ⓘ
  museum in Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

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  Wigston Framework Knitters Museum ⓘ
  museum in Wigston, England, UK

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  Lutterworth and District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom

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  Kegworth Heritage Centre ⓘ
  Museum in Kegworth, Leicestershire

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  Measham Museum ⓘ
  museum in Swadlincote, England, UK

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  Hinckley and District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Hinckley, England, United Kingdom

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  Leicestershire County Cricket Club Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, UK

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  Charnwood Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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  Bedworth Heritage Centre - The Parsonage And Nurses House ⓘ
  museum in Bedworth, England, UK

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  Rugby Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ
  Art gallery and museum in the United Kingdom

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  Castle Donington Museum ⓘ
  museum in Derby, England, United Kingdom

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  East Midlands Aeropark ⓘ
  museum in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, UK

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  National Space Centre ⓘ
  space (and aerospace) museum in Belgrave, Leicester

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  Coventry Watch Museum ⓘ
  museum in Coventry, England, UK

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  Sharpe's Pottery Museum ⓘ
  museum in Swadlincote, England, United Kingdom

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  Robert Peel Society & Police Museum ⓘ
  museum in Tamworth, England, UK

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  Sir John Moore Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Appleby Magna, England, UK

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  Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum ⓘ
  museum in Lichfield, England, UK

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  Rugby School Museum ⓘ
  museum in Rugby, England, UK

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  The Coventry Music Museum ⓘ
  museum in Coventry, England, UK

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  Armourgeddon Military Museum ⓘ
  museum in Husbands Bosworth, England, UK

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  Phil Silvers Archival Museum ⓘ
  private museum in Coventry, England

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1899 Stoneywell

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1917 Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

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1938 Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment

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1939 Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

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1953 Newarke Houses Museum

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1954 Nuneaton Heritage Centre

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1958 Percy Pilcher Museum

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1963 Twycross Zoo

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1969 Staffordshire Regiment Museum

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1972 Abbey Pumping Station Museum

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1973 The 1620s House and Garden

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1975 Aircraft Radio Museum

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1977 Gas Museum

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1977 National Brewery Centre

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1980 Coventry Transport Museum

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1981 Lichfield Heritage Centre

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1984 National Motorcycle Museum

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1985 Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park

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1985 Moira Furnace Museum

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1986 The Bellfoundry Museum

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1988 Old Rectory Museum

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1989 Wigston Framework Knitters Museum

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1991 Lutterworth and District Museum

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1992 Kegworth Heritage Centre

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1992 Measham Museum

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1996 Hinckley and District Museum

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1996 Leicestershire County Cricket Club Museum

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1999 Charnwood Museum

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2000 Bedworth Heritage Centre - The Parsonage And Nurses House

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2000 Rugby Art Gallery and Museum

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2001 Castle Donington Museum

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2001 East Midlands Aeropark

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2001 National Space Centre

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2003 Coventry Watch Museum

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2003 Sharpe's Pottery Museum

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2004 Robert Peel Society & Police Museum

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2004 Sir John Moore Heritage Centre

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2005 Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum

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2007 Rugby School Museum

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2010 The Coventry Music Museum

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2013 Armourgeddon Military Museum

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2015 Phil Silvers Archival Museum

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GWR 5051 Class 4144 Market Bosworth Station

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Ashby de la Zouch Castle	castle, ruins	Wikidata
site	castle		Caludon Castle	castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle		Tamworth Castle	castle, historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1060	Leicester Castle	archaeological site, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1480	Kirby Muxloe Castle	castle, ruins, manor house	Wikidata
site	garden		Whatton House and Attached Stables	garden, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Arbury Hall	historic house museum, English country house, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Battlefield Line Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Erasmus Darwin House	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Framework Knitters Museum	museum, charitable organization, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Great Central Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Leicester Museum & Art Gallery	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum	war memorial, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Lunt Roman Fort	castrum, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Manor Farm Park and Woodland	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Melbourne Hall	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Midland Air Museum	aviation museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Shackerstone railway station	museum, railway station	Wikidata
site	museum		Stanford Hall, Leicestershire	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		William Carey Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1704	Calke Abbey	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1707	Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum	historic house museum, biographical museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1713	Belgrave Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1774	Stanford Hall	theatre building, English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1899	Stoneywell	house, historic house museum, thatched building	Wikidata
site	museum	1917	Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery	local authority museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1938	Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1939	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1953	Newarke Houses Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Nuneaton Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1958	Percy Pilcher Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1963	Twycross Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Staffordshire Regiment Museum	independent museum, regimental museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	Abbey Pumping Station Museum	pumping station, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1973	The 1620s House and Garden	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Aircraft Radio Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Gas Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	National Brewery Centre	food and drink museum, corporate museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	Coventry Transport Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Lichfield Heritage Centre	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	National Motorcycle Museum	national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park	heritage center, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Moira Furnace Museum	museum, independent museum, industry museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	The Bellfoundry Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Old Rectory Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Wigston Framework Knitters Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Lutterworth and District Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Kegworth Heritage Centre	museum, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Measham Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Hinckley and District Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Leicestershire County Cricket Club Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Charnwood Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Bedworth Heritage Centre - The Parsonage And Nurses House	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Rugby Art Gallery and Museum	art museum, local authority museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Castle Donington Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	East Midlands Aeropark	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	National Space Centre	charitable organization, aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Coventry Watch Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Sharpe's Pottery Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Robert Peel Society & Police Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Sir John Moore Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2007	Rugby School Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	The Coventry Music Museum	music museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2013	Armourgeddon Military Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Phil Silvers Archival Museum	private museum	Wikidata
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commons	image		BattleField Line (48919835166)		Commons
commons	image		GWR 5051 Class 4144 Market Bosworth Station		Commons
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commons	image		BattleField Line, (49328639616)		Commons
commons	image		BattleField Line (48919801131)		Commons
commons	image		BattlefieldLineRailwayWaleswood		Commons
commons	image		BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0 78018 Shackerstone Station		Commons
commons	image		BattleField Line (48919832881)		Commons
commons	image		BattlefieldLineSirGomer		Commons