Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway | |
| other name:- | Owd Ratty | |
| parish |
Muncaster parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Eskdale parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| railway; narrow gauge railway | ||
| from Ravenglass, through Muncaster Mill, Irton Road, Eskdale Green, Beckfoot, to Dalegarth, Cumberland. | ||
| 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? | ||
| RAVENGLASS & ESKDALE | ||
| placename:- | Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway | |
| date:- | 1914 | |
| period:- | 1910s | |
| old print:- |
Bogg 1898
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| Print, engraving, Station, Eskdale Line, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Cumberland, by Owen Bowen, 1897, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898. | ||
| Included on p.210 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. | ||
| date:- | ||
| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| photographs | ||
| Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway -- Muncaster and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Eskdale Express Derailed at Murthwaite -- Courtesy of the King George IV, Eskdale Green. | |
| hearsay |
The 7 mile line was planned as 2 foot 9 inch gauge, 1873,
but changed to 3 foot gauge before 1875; the Owd Ratty.
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goes through
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| mapping:- |
Ravenglass Station, Muncaster
(2)
railway bridge, Ravenglass (2) Muncaster Mill Station, Muncaster Irton Road Station, Muncaster The Green Station, Eskdale Beckfoot Station, Eskdale Eskdale Station, Eskdale Boot Station, Eskdale 26.5.1873: authorized 1875=1876: opened 30.11.1908: closed 24.5.1909: opened, goods 30.4.1913 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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