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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. | |
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 BQE59.jpg The station site from the N. (taken 6.3.2009) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 1) placename:- Clifton Station item:- railway signal |
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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. click to enlargeCSRY0180.jpg "Clifton Station / S.P." |
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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 enlargeLS3p28.jpg "TO EDINBURGH 123 / CLIFTON &LOWTHER / FROM LONDON 277" item:- JandMN : 95.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Clifton Junction |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF7Cm.jpg "Clifton Junction" map date 1909 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Clifton Junction |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePF10Cm.jpg "Clifton Junction" map date 1892 |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Clifton Junction |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF2Cm.jpg "Clifton Junction" map date 1890 |
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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums |
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| hearsay:- |
... where Edward VI arrived to stay at Brougham Hall. |
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| Lord Lonsdale had private facilities at the station; waiting room, his own siding
with coach house and stables, etc. |
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