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Dearham Bridge Station, Crosscanonby
Dearham Bridge Station
Dearham Station
site name:-   Maryport and Carlisle Railway
civil parish:-   Crosscanonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY07043727
1Km square:-   NY0737
10Km square:-   NY03
SummaryText:-   Opened as Dearham Station 1842; renamed Dearham Bridge 1867; closed 1950.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 2) 
placename:-  Dearham Station
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
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"Dearham Station"
and the junction of a long industrial line 

evidence:-   probably old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
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.
image
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"Station"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
Branch lines here served Lowther Pit, Lonsdale Pit, Nelson Pit on Broughton Moor, Bertha Pit, etc.

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