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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.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 21 4) 
placename:-  Furness Abbey 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.
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"Furness Abbey Station"

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Furness Abbey Hotel, and the railway platform, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS212
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Furness Abbey Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Furness Abbey Sta."
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Furness Abbey Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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PF10Cm.jpg
"Furness Abbey Sta."
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Furness Abbey Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF2Cm.jpg
"Furness Abbey Sta."
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Furness Abbey Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF8Cm.jpg
"Furness Abbey Stn."
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Edward G
date:-   1865

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