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Clifton and Lowther Station, Clifton
Clifton and Lowther Station
Clifton Station
Clifton Lowther Station
site name:-   Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
locality:-   Clifton
civil parish:-   Clifton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY54052519 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY5425
10Km square:-   NY52
SummaryText:-   Opened as Clifton Station with the railway line 1846; renamed Clifton and Lowther 1877; closed 1938.


photograph
BQE59.jpg  The station site from the N.
(taken 6.3.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 1) 
placename:-  Clifton Station
item:-  railway signal
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.
image  click to enlarge
CSRY0180.jpg
"Clifton Station / S.P."

evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1920s maps
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.
image  click to enlarge
LS3p28.jpg
"TO EDINBURGH 123 / CLIFTON &LOWTHER / FROM LONDON 277"
item:-  JandMN : 95.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Clifton Junction
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF7Cm.jpg
"Clifton Junction"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Clifton Junction
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
PF10Cm.jpg
"Clifton Junction"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Clifton Junction
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF2Cm.jpg
"Clifton Junction"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

hearsay:-  
... where Edward VI arrived to stay at Brougham Hall.
Lord Lonsdale had private facilities at the station; waiting room, his own siding with coach house and stables, etc.

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