This 13.5 mi standard-gauge branch line railway ran to a civil parish situated about how far above sea level?
Alston line The Alston line was a 13.5 mi standard-gauge branch line railway that operated in the counties of Northumberland and Cumberland in England. Starting at its junction with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway line at Haltwhistle, the line ran to the town of Alston. An 1846 Parliamentary Act authorised a line as far as Nenthead, providing an outlet for the lead mines in the Alston area, and plans were made to connect with railways further south. When the decision was made to terminate the branch at Alston, a further act was needed in 1849.
King's Nympton King's Nympton (Latinised to "Nymet Regis") is a village, parish and former manor in North Devon, England in the heart of the rolling countryside between Exmoor and Dartmoor, some 4½ miles (4.5 miles ) S.S.W. of South Molton and 4 miles N. of Chulmleigh. The parish exceeds 5,500 acres in area and sits mostly on a promontory above the River Mole (anciently the Nymet) which forms nearly half of its parish boundary.