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Piel Pier, Barrow-in-Furness
Piel Pier
Piel Station
site name:-   Furness Railway
site name:-   Roa Island
locality:-   Rampside
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   pier (gone) 
locality type:-   railway station (gone) 
coordinates:-   SD22766499 (?) 
coordinates:-   SD23066499 (?) 
1Km square:-   SD2264
10Km square:-   SD26
SummaryText:-   The pier was a Rampside before there was a railway, and then opened as Piel Station? on Roa Island, 1846; closed 1936.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 28 1) 
placename:-  Piel Pier
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Piel Pier
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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"Piel Pier"
no symbol; causeway for railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- Gibson 1851
placename:-  Piel Pier
item:-  shipsteamship
source data:-   Print, engraving, Piel Pier, Rampside, with Barrow in the Distance, from the Sea, Lancashire, published by J Jackson, Market Place, Ulverston, Lancashire, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1851.
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On p.89 of a Hand Book to The Lakes, by James Gibson. 
printed at bottom:-  "PIEL PIER, RAMPSIDE; WITH BARROW IN THE DISTANCE, - FROM THE SEA."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1131.7
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Bemrose 1881
placename:-  Piel Pier
item:-  steamerpaddle steamerManxman
source data:-   Advertisement for the Barrow Steam Navigation Co, paddle steamer Manxman from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Douglas, Isle of Man, published by Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881.
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Included in a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa. 
item:-  JandMN : 455.34
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Piel Pier
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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"Piel Pier"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Piel Pier
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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"Piel Pier"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Piel Pier
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
"Piel Pier"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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