Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Egremont and Sellafield branch railway
	parish	Egremont parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	St John Beckermet parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	Lowside Quarter parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	St Bridget Beckermet parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		railway
		from Egremont at the end of the Whitehave, Cleator and Egremont Railway, through Beckermet, to Sellafield, on the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, Cumberland.
	References
	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?
		W. C. & E. JNT. (FURNESS & L.&N.W.)
	placename:-	Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Joint Railway
	other name:-	Furness Railway
	other name:-	London and North Western Railway
	date:-	1914
	period:-	1910s
	goes through
	mapping:-	Egremont Station, Egremont Beckermet Mine Branch Junction, St John Beckermet railway bridge, St John Beckermet Beckermet Station, Beckermet railway viaduct, Beckermet railway bridge, Beckermet (2) railway bridge, Beckermet Sellafield Junction, St Bridget Beckermet 28.6.1866: authorized 1869: opened
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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