Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Boot Station, Boot | ||
| Boot Station | ||
| site name:- | Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (Old) | |
| locality:- | Boot | |
| civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1701 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened 1876; closed 1908; reopened 1917; closed 1918. | |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Rumney 1899 |
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| source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Boot Terminus, old Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Cumberland,
published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899. click to enlargeRUM131.jpg On p.82 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney. printed at bottom:- "By permission of "Cycling." / BOOT TERMINUS." item:- JandMN : 147.32 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BMB99.jpg The Eskdale Express at Boot. |
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