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| Plumpton Station, Hesket | ||
| Plumpton Station | ||
| site name:- | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway | |
| locality:- | Plumpton | |
| civil parish:- | Hesket (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | railway station (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | NY48733703 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4837 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY43 | |
| SummaryText:- | opened with the railway, 1846; closed 1948. | |
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 BND56.jpg Station house at Plumpton, now a pottery outlet. (taken 3.2.2007)  BND57.jpg Station house at Plumpton, now a pottery outlet. (taken 3.2.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 49 3) placename:- Plumpton Station item:- railway milepost; railway bridge |
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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 enlargeCSRY0184.jpg "Plumpton Station / M.P." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Plumpton Station |
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| 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. GAR2NY44.jpg "Plumpton Station" dot by railway item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- LMS 1920s maps |
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| 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. click to enlargeLS3p28.jpg "TO EDINBURGH 114 / PLUMPTON / FROM LONDON 286" item:- JandMN : 95.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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