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Brayton Station, Brayton
Brayton Station
site name:-   Maryport and Carlisle Railway
locality:-   Brayton
civil parish:-   Aspatria (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY16504361
1Km square:-   NY1643
10Km square:-   NY14
SummaryText:-   Opened 1848; closed 1950.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 2) 
placename:-  Brayton Station
item:-  railway milepost
source data:-   Maps, 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 1948.
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"Brayton Station / M.P."

evidence:-   probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Brayton
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Brayton"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Drayton Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Drayton Sta."
map date 1892 

evidence:-   probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Drayton Junction
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Drayton Junc."
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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