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Meathop and Bowness railway
civil parish:-   Meathop and Ulpha (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Witherslack (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Crook (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Cartmel Fell (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway (proposed) 
10Km square:-   SD47
10Km square:-   SD48
10Km square:-   SD49

evidence:-   old map:- 
source data:-   Railway map, uncoloured lithograph, Plan of a Proposed Railway to the Lakes, from Meathop Point to Bowness-on-Windermere, Westmorland, published by the Kendal Times, Westmorland, 12 November 1864.
: 1864 (12 Nov): Kendal Times :: supplementimage  click to enlarge
M050.jpg
item:-  Kendal Library : Map 121
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
Proposed in a leader in the Kendal Times, 5 Novermber, with a further article and supplement map, 12 Novermber, 1864.

: 1864 (5 Nov): Kendal Times :: p.2
: 1864 (12 Nov): Kendal Times :: p.2

goes through:-   [Meathop, Meathop and Ulpha]
 Bowland Bridge, Crosthwaite and Lyth
 Winster, Crook
 Bowness-on-Windermere
1864 -  proposed 

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