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| Blencow Station, Dacre | ||
| Blencow Station | ||
| site name:- | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway | |
| locality:- | Blencow | |
| civil parish:- | Dacre (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| coordinates:- | NY46383040 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4630 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY43 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened 1865; closed 19752; reopened 1956; closed 1972. | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 2) placename:- Blencow Station item:- railway signal; weighing machine |
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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. click to enlargeCSRY0080.jpg "Blencow Station / Weighing Machine / Signal Post / S.P." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Blencow |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913. PST2NY42.jpg "BLENCOW" station on railway item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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