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Silecroft Station, Millom Without
Silecroft Station
site name:-   Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
locality:-   Silecroft
civil parish:-   Millom Without (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
locality type:-   level crossing
coordinates:-   SD13108196
1Km square:-   SD1381
10Km square:-   SD18
SummaryText:-   Opened 1850.

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BMS73.jpg (taken 30.9.2006)  
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BMS79.jpg  Goods shed.
(taken 30.9.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 88) 
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.
"Railway Station / Coal Depot / Weighing Machine"
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Silecroft 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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GAR2SD18.jpg
"Silecroft Station"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Silecroft
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
"Silecroft"
map date 1909 
evidence:-   probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Silecroft
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
"Silecroft"
map date 1892 
evidence:-   probably old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Silecroft
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF2Cm.jpg
"Silecroft"
map date 1890 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Sylecroft 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
"Sylecroft Stn."
map date 1873 
:-  
 images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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BMS74.jpg  View S.
(taken 30.9.2006)  
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BMS75.jpg  View N.
(taken 30.9.2006)  
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BMS76.jpg  Level crossing
(taken 30.9.2006)  
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BMS77.jpg  Signal box.
(taken 30.9.2006)  
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BMS78.jpg  Pulleys and cranks.
(taken 30.9.2006)  
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