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Milnthorpe Station, Milnthorpe
Milnthorpe Station
site name:-   Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
locality:-   Milnthorpe
civil parish:-   Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   SD51268168
1Km square:-   SD5181
10Km square:-   SD58
SummaryText:-   Opened with the railway 1846; closed 1968.


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BUN05.jpg (taken 6.5.2011)  
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BUN04.jpg (taken 6.5.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 4) 
placename:-  Milnthorpe Station
item:-  railway signal
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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CSRY0169.jpg
"Milnthorpe Station / S.P. / Station Inn / ..."

evidence:-   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.
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GAR2SD58.jpg
"Station"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST2SD58.jpg
station on railway 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1920s maps
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.
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LS3p25.jpg
"TO EDINBURGH 156½ / MILNTHORPE / FROM LONDON 243½"
item:-  JandMN : 95.2
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