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Sellafield Station, St Bridget Beckermet
Sellafield Station
site name:-   Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
locality:-   Sellafield
civil parish:-   St Bridget Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY02080341
1Km square:-   NY0203
10Km square:-   NY00
SummaryText:-   Opened 1849.

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BMV97.jpg (taken 13.10.2006)  
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BMV93.jpg (taken 13.10.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 77 8) 
placename:-  Sellafield Station
item:-  railway signal; railway milepost
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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CSRY0103.jpg
"Sellafield Station / Coal Depot / S.P. / Whitehaven 11 M.P."
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Sellafield 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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GAR2NY00.jpg
"Sellafield Sta"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Sellafield 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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POF7Cm.jpg
"Sellafield Sta."
map date 1909 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Sellafield 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
"Sellafield Sta."
map date 1892 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Sellafield 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
"Sellafield Sta."
map date 1890 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Sellafield 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
"Sellafield Stn."
map date 1873 
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 images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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BMV94.jpg  View N; signal box and water crane.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
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BMV96.jpg  View S.
(taken 13.10.2006)  

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BMV95.jpg  Passenger footbridge.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
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CGH51.jpg  Water crane.
(taken 28.7.2017)  
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BQW93.jpg  Diesel locomotives and waggons:-
"DIRECT RAIL / SERVICES" (taken 25.6.2009)  
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BQW94.jpg  Diesel locomotive:-
"DIRECT RAIL / SERVICES" (taken 25.6.2009)  
Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Henry A
date:-   1885
New buildings, perhaps.
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