Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Solway Junction Railway | |
| parish |
Aspatria parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Bromfield parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Dundraw parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Holme Abbey parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Holme East Waver parish,
once in Cumberland
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| parish |
Kirkbride parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Bowness parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| railway | ||
| railway | ||
| from Brayton on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, to Abbey Town, along the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, then Whitrigg, Bowness, Cumberland; across the Solway Firth; to Annan and northward, Scotland. | ||
| References | ||
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 Solway Junction Railway -- Aspatria and Bromfield etc -- Cumbria / -- 18.4.2006 | ||
| old map:- |
Garnett 1850s-60s H
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| Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. | ||
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| triple line, light bold light, railway | ||
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| date:- | 1850=1869 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s | |
| hearsay |
20 1/2 miles. Worked by the Caledonian Railway from the
start.
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goes through
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| mapping:- |
Kirkbride Junction, Holme East
Waver
Whitrigg Station, Bowness Bowness Station, Bowness Solway Viaduct, Bowness Shawhill Junction, Scotland Annan Station, Scotland 30.6.1864: authorized 1869=1870: opened 1.9.1921: closed | |
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goes through
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| mapping:- |
Brayton Junction, Brayton
Bromfield Station, Aspatria Abbeyholme Station, Holme Abbey Abbey Junction, Holme Abbey 30.6.1864: authorized 1869=1870: opened 1.9.1921: closed | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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