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placename:-
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Crofton Station
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site name:-
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Maryport and Carlisle
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parish
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Westward parish, once in
Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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railway station
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coordinates:-
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NY30814922
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10Km square:-
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NY34
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References
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OS County Series (Cmd 29)
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1Km square |
NY3049 |
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old map:- |
OS County Series (Cmd 29 8)
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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
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Crofton Station / M.P.
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placename:-
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Crofton Station
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railway station
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date:-
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1890=1899
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period:-
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19th century, late; 1890s
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hearsay |
Originally opened as a private station for the convenience
of a local landowner, who could stop trains on demand.
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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