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| Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | |||
| civil parish:- | Silloth-on-Solway (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Holme Low (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Holme Abbey (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Holme East Waver (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Kirkbride (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Bowness (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||
| locality type:- | railway | ||
| SummaryText:- | from Drumburgh, on the Port Carlisle Railway, through Kirkbride, Abbey Town, Black Dyke, to Silloth, Cumberland. | ||
| references:- |  RWY021.jpg |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H |
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| source data:- | Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2NY15.jpg triple line, light bold light, railway item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- |
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| source data:- | Print, hand coloured engraving, Entrance to Silloth Bay and Dock, Cumberland, published
by Hudson Scott, litho printer, Carlisle, Cumbria, 1870. click to enlargePR0369.jpg There is shipping in the offing and at the dock, a train leaving the quay; some scottish coastal features are labelled - Lee Scar lighthouse, Southerness lighthouse, Criffel and Carse Thorn. printed at bottom:- "ENTRANCE TO SILLOTH BAY AND DOCK, CUMBERLAND. / OPPOSITE THE SCOTCH COAST / HUDSON SCOTT, LITHO PRINTER CARLISLE." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.369 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
13 miles long. Passenger services horse drawn. Worked by the North British Railway,
NBR, from 1862. |
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| person:- | railway company : Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Co |
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| date:- | 1885 to 1880 |
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| person:- | railway company : North British Railway; NBR |
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| date:- | 1880 to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company : London and North Eastern Railway; LNER |
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| date:- | 1923 to 1948 |
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| person:- | railway company : British Railways; BR |
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| date:- | 1948 to 1964 |
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| goes through:- |  Drumburgh Junction, Bowness[New Dykes Station, Bowness] railway bridge, Kirkbride Kirkbride Station, Kirkbride Kirkbride Junction, Holme East Waver railway bridge, Holme East Waver (2) railway bridge, Sleightholme Sleightholme Station, Holme East Waver railway bridge, Holme East Waver[railway bridge, Holme Abbey] Abbey Junction, Holme Abbey railway bridge, Abbey Town Abbey Town Station, Abbey Town Blackdyke Halt, Holme Low railway bridge, Silloth engine shed, Silloth Silloth Station, Silloth16.7.1855: authorized - 1857: opened - 7.9.1964: closed - |
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