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| North Western Railway | ||
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| Little North Western Railway | ||
| locality:- | Skipton | |
| locality:- | Settle | |
| locality:- | Ingleton | |
| county:- | Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | railway | |
| civil parish:- | Casterton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Barbon (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Middleton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire) | |
| civil parish:- | Firbank (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway | |
| locality:- | Low Gill | |
| civil parish:- | Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway | |
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 BPQ96.jpg Seal impression in wax:- "Seal of the North Western Railway Company / MDCCCXLVI" (taken 2008) courtesy of the National Railway Museum. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Midland Railway |
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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. GAR2SD46.jpg "Midland Railway" triple line, light bold light, railway  GAR2SD56.jpg  GAR2SD66.jpg item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Incorporated 26 June 1846. Robert Stephenson recommended that the Clapham to Low Gill
section be abandoned in favour of completing the Lancaster and Carlisle route. Work
had advanced as far as Ingleton so the rest was completed, as a single line branch.
Opened to Ingleton, 30 July 1849. The line was caught in the wranglings between the
London North Western Railway and the Midland Railway over routes from London to Scotland. |
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| Joy 1983 |
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| person:- | railway company : North Western Railway; NWR |
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| date:- | 1846 |
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| also see:- |  Low Gill and Ingleton branch railway |
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