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Rose Hill Station, Gilsland
Rose Hill Station
Gilsland Station
site name:-   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
locality:-   Gilsland
county:-   Northumberland
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY63566633
1Km square:-   NY6366
10Km square:-   NY66
SummaryText:-   Opened as Rose Hill Station with the railway, 1836; renamed Gilsland Station 1869; closed 1967.


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BOV39.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)  
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BOV40.jpg  View W.
(taken 21.3.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Nhd 82 14) 
placename:-  Rosehill Station
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.
OS County Series (Nhd 91 2) 
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"Rosehill Station"

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
image FD01P115, button  goto source
Page 115:-  "... From the Railway Station at Rose Hill, a good carriage-road leads up in a gradual ascending sweep, [to the Shaws Hotel for Gilsland Spa] ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Rose Hill 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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"Rose Hill Stn."
map date 1873 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Rose Hill 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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POF9Cm.jpg
"Rose Hill Stn."
map date 1863 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums


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BOV41.jpg  View E.
(taken 21.3.2008)  

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