Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Arnside to Hincaster branch railway | |
| parish |
Arnside parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Beetham parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Milnthorpe parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Heversham parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Hincaster parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| railway | ||
| from Arnside Junction on the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway, Lancashire; through Sandside, Heversham, to Hincaster Junction on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, Westmorland. | ||
| References | ||
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| old map:- |
Railway Clearing House 1914
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| Book, reproduction railway maps, Pre Grouping Railway Junction Diagrams 1914, published by Ian Allan, London, late 20th century? originally published by the Railway Clearing House, London, 1914? | ||
| FURNESS | ||
| placename:- | Furness Railway | |
| date:- | 1914 | |
| period:- | 1910s | |
| hearsay |
A five and a quarter mile cut off connecting
Grange-over-Sands to Oxenholme, part of the Furness Railway,
open 1876, finally closed 1972.
The 1867 Act states that part of the line must be on arches:- In order that the view from Dallam Tower Estate may be onstructed as little as possible making a bridge over the River Bela into an unecessary viaduct. | |
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goes through
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| mapping:- |
Arnside Junction, Arnside
railway embankment, Arnside Sandside Station, Beetham railway bridge, Sandside Bela Viaduct, Beetham Heversham Station, Heversham railway bridge, Heversham railway bridge, Hincaster Hincaster Junction, Hincaster 1870=1871: authorized 1876: opened 1942: closed to passengers 1972: closed | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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