Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Eden Valley Railway
	other name:-	EVR
	other name:-	Westmorland Railway
	parish	Kirkby Stephen parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Waitby parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Soulby parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Musgrave parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Warcop parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Murton parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Appleby-in-Westmorland parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Crackenthorpe parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Long Marton parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Kirkby Thore parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Temple Sowerby parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Brougham parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Clifton parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		railway
		from Kirkby Stephen on the South Durham and Lancashire Railway, through Musgrave, Warcop, Appleby, Kirkby Thore, Cliburn, to Clifton on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, Cumberland.
		When Tebay was chosen as the west endpoint of a route from east to west coast lines, local interests proposed the EVR to link to Clifton and Penrith.
	References
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 16 14)
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
	placename:-	Eden Valley branch
		railway
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		triple line, light bold light, railway
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Railway Clearing House 1914
		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?
		N. E.
		N. E.
	placename:-	North Eastern Railway
	date:-	1914
	period:-	1910s
	old map:-	North Eastern Railway c1900
	placename:-	North Eastern Railway
	date:-	1900
	period:-	1900s
		A draft prospectus written October 1857 calls it the Westmorland Railway; when issued the prospectus named it Eden Valley Railway, December 1857. Thomas Bouch was the engineer. Two routes were proposed; west of the river via Morland, and the route used, east of the river via warcop. Worked from the start by The Stockton and Darlington Railway. Walton, Peter: 1992: Stainmore and Eden Valley Railways: Oxford Publishing Co (Sparkford, Somerset):: ISBN 0 86093 306 7 Western, Robert: 1997: Eden Valley Railway: Oakwood Press (Headington, Oxford):: ISBN 0 85361 486 5
	goes through
	mapping:-	Kirkby Stephen Junction, Kirkby Stephen railway bridge, Waitby (4) Waitby Crossing, Waitby railway bridge, Soulby (2) platelayers hut, Soulby railway bridge, Soulby Scandal Bridge, Soulby Eden Bridge, Musgrave railway bridge, Musgrave Musgrave Station, Musgrave Warcop Station, Warcop railway bridge, Warcop (2) railway bridge, Warcop Coupland Viaduct, Warcop Brough Bridge, Murton railway bridge, Appleby-in-Westmorland (4) railway bridge, Appleby-in-Westmorland (3) Appleby East Station, Appleby-in-Westmorland level crossing, Appleby-in-Westmorland Appleby Junction, Appleby-in-Westmorland Kirkby Thore Station, Kirkby Thore railway bridge, Crackenthorpe railway bridge, Kirkby Thore (3) railway bridge, Temple Sowerby platelayers hut, Temple Sowerby Temple Sowerby Station, Temple Sowerby Skygarth Viaduct, Temple Sowerby Cliburn Station, Brougham Wetheriggs Junction, Clifton Wetheriggs Pottery Siding, Wetheriggs railway bridge, Clifton (5) Clifton Station, Clifton Eden Valley Junction, Clifton 21.5.1858: authorized 1862: opened 22.1.1962: closed, passengers
	goes through
	mapping:-	railway bridge, Clifton (4) railway bridge, Clifton (3)
	goes through
	mapping:-	Eamont Bridge Junction, Dacre railway bridge, Skirsgill Redhills Junction, Penrith
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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