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Parton Station, Parton
Parton Station
site name:-   Whitehaven Junction Railway
locality:-   Parton
civil parish:-   Parton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NX97902062
1Km square:-   NX9720
10Km square:-   NX92
SummaryText:-   Opened 1847.


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BPM31.jpg (taken 15.7.2008)  
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BPM32.jpg (taken 15.7.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 14) 
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.
image  click to enlarge
CSRY0065.jpg
"Station / S.P."
at Parton 

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Parton Station
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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GAR2NX91.jpg
"Parton Station"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page


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BPM33.jpg  View N.
(taken 15.7.2008)  
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BPM34.jpg  View S.
(taken 15.7.2008)  
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BPM35.jpg  Train from the north.
(taken 15.7.2008)  
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BPM38.jpg  Signal box, north end.
(taken 15.7.2008)  
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BPM36.jpg  12 mile sign, on the platform wall.
(taken 15.7.2008)  
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BPM30.jpg (taken 15.7.2008)  
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BPM37.jpg  Bridge under the platform.
(taken 15.7.2008)  

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