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| Conishead Priory branch railway | |||
| civil parish:- | Egton with Newland (formerly Lancashire) | ||
| civil parish:- | Ulverston (formerly Lancashire) | ||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||
| locality type:- | railway | ||
| SummaryText:- | from a junction west of Ulverston on the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway, to Conishead Priory, Lancashire; AND various industrial branches. | ||
| references:- |  RWY018.jpg |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 4) placename:- Bardsea Branch |
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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. "FURNESS RAILWAY / BARDSEA BRANCH" |
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| hearsay:- |
Served an ironworks and Glaxo chemical plant. |
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| person:- | railway company : Furness Railway; FR |
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| date:- | to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company : London, Midland and Scottish Railway; LMS |
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| date:- | 1923 to 1948 |
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| person:- | railway company : British Railways; BR |
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| date:- | 1948 |
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| goes through:- |  Plumpton West Junction, Egton with Newland Canal Siding, Ulverston railway bridge, Ulverston (7) North Lonsdale Crossing, Ulverston Conishead Priory Station, Ulverston1876: authorized - 1883: opened - 31.12.1916: closed, S of Lonsdale - disused: 1990 - about |
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