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| Carnforth Station, Lancashire | ||
| Carnforth Station | ||
| Carnforth-Yealand Station | ||
| site name:- | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway | |
| site name:- | Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway | |
| locality:- | Carnforth | |
| county:- | Lancashire | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| coordinates:- | SD49667065 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4970 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD47 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened as Carnforth-Yealand Station, with the railway 1846; renamed Carnforth Station 1864; still open, but not for the main line. | |
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 BLP08.jpg (taken 28.1.2006)  BLP06.jpg (taken 28.1.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 24 4) placename:- Carnforth Station item:- railway signal; goods shed |
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| 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. OS County Series (Lan 24 8)  click to enlargeCSRY0166.jpg "Carnforth Station / Signal Box / S.P. / Signal Posts / Goods Shed" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Carnforth Junction |
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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. GAR2SD47.jpg "CARNFORTH JUNCTION" dot by railway item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- LMS 1920s maps |
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| source data:- | Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in
Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London
Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s. click to enlargeLS3p25.jpg "TO EDINBURGH 163¾ / CARNFORTH / FROM LONDON 236¼" "Carnforth Junction for Barrow and Cumbrian Coast line, formerly Furness Railway. / Carnforth has carriage and wagon repair shops. It is largely a railway town." item:- JandMN : 95.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Brief Encounter was filmed in the refreshment room at Carnforth Station, directed
by David Lean, 1949. The film is based on a play by Noel Coward. |
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 BLP07.jpg Station clock, made by Joyce. (taken 28.1.2006) |
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