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| Cowran Cutting, Hayton | ||
| Cowran Cutting | ||
| site name:- | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway | |
| civil parish:- | Hayton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway cutting | |
| locality type:- | cutting | |
| coordinates:- | NY52065683 | |
| coordinates:- | NY53155717 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5256 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
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 BUZ69.jpg from W. (taken 22.7.2011)  CFU58.jpg from E. (taken 20.1.2017) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 4) placename:- Cowran Cutting |
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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. OS County Series (Cmd 25 1) |
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| evidence:- | old print:- item:- train; locomotive |
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| source data:- | Print, The Cowran Cut, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Hayton, Cumberland, by J W
Carmichael, 1837. click to enlargePR1067.jpg In a scrapbook album. item:- Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.1.64 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- placename:- Cowrin Hill Cut item:- railway waggon |
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| source data:- | Drawing, Cowrin Hill Cut from the Bridge; West, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Cowran
Cutting, Hayton, Cumberland, by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835. click to enlargePR1011.jpg In centre foreground a track upon which stands a small wagon runs parallel with the railway cutting. pause at the top of a steep railway cutting; below, to right of composition, several figures leading horses with carts walk along the tracks which have been laid. To either side of the cutting lie hilly fields, a small farmhouse standing to extreme right. A distant view of wooded countryside is visible through the cutting. Carmichael executed 22 pencil drawings of the construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at the suggestion of the Rail Company. numbered & inscribed & initialled &dated at bottom left:- "Cowrin Hill Cut from the Bridge. West JWC. 1835" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1968.16.12 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- placename:- Cowrin Hill Cut |
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| source data:- | Drawing, Cowrin Hill Cut, Looking West, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Cowran Cutting,
Hayton, Cumberland, by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835. click to enlargePR1012.jpg View of the railway cutting, foreshortened. Groups of figures, some leading horses, are at work at various points along the tracks. To either side of the cutting lie woodland and fields with hills beyond. A distant view of wooded countryside is visible through the far end of the cutting. Carmichael executed 22 pencil drawings of the construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at the suggestion of the Rail Company. inscribed & initialled & dated &numbered at bottom left:- "Cowrin Hill Cut looking West JWC. 1835 No 15" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1968.16.13 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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