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| Furness Abbey Station, Barrow-in-Furness | ||
| Furness Abbey Station | ||
| site name:- | Furness Railway | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| coordinates:- | SD21817205 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2172 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened 1847; closed 1950. | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 21 4) placename:- Furness Abbey Station |
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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 enlargeCSRY0138.jpg "Furness Abbey Station" |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, sepia, Furness Abbey Hotel, and the railway platform, Barrow-in-Furness,
Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlargeHB0552.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS212 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Furness Abbey Station |
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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 "Furness Abbey Sta." map date 1909 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Furness Abbey Station |
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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 "Furness Abbey Sta." map date 1892 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Furness Abbey Station |
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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 "Furness Abbey Sta." map date 1890 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Furness Abbey Station |
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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 enlargePOF8Cm.jpg "Furness Abbey Stn." map date 1873 |
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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums |
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| Paley and Austin series | ||
| person:- | architect : Paley, Edward G |
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| date:- | 1865 |
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