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Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
civil parish:-   Silloth-on-Solway (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme Low (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme Abbey (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme East Waver (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Kirkbride (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Bowness (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
SummaryText:-   from Drumburgh, on the Port Carlisle Railway, through Kirkbride, Abbey Town, Black Dyke, to Silloth, Cumberland.
references:-   image
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
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.
image
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triple line, light bold light, railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, hand coloured engraving, Entrance to Silloth Bay and Dock, Cumberland, published by Hudson Scott, litho printer, Carlisle, Cumbria, 1870.
image  click to enlarge
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There is shipping in the offing and at the dock, a train leaving the quay; some scottish coastal features are labelled - Lee Scar lighthouse, Southerness lighthouse, Criffel and Carse Thorn. 
printed at bottom:-  "ENTRANCE TO SILLOTH BAY AND DOCK, CUMBERLAND. / OPPOSITE THE SCOTCH COAST / HUDSON SCOTT, LITHO PRINTER CARLISLE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.369
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
13 miles long. Passenger services horse drawn. Worked by the North British Railway, NBR, from 1862.

person:-   railway company
 : Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Co
date:-   1885
 to 1880

person:-   railway company
 : North British RailwayNBR
date:-   1880
 to 1923

person:-   railway company
 : London and North Eastern RailwayLNER
date:-   1923
 to 1948

person:-   railway company
 : British RailwaysBR
date:-   1948
 to 1964

goes through:-    Drumburgh Junction, Bowness
[New Dykes Station, Bowness]
 railway bridge, Kirkbride
 Kirkbride Station, Kirkbride
 Kirkbride Junction, Holme East Waver
 railway bridge, Holme East Waver (2)
 railway bridge, Sleightholme
 Sleightholme Station, Holme East Waver
 railway bridge, Holme East Waver
[railway bridge, Holme Abbey]
 Abbey Junction, Holme Abbey
 railway bridge, Abbey Town
 Abbey Town Station, Abbey Town
 Blackdyke Halt, Holme Low
 railway bridge, Silloth
 engine shed, Silloth
 Silloth Station, Silloth
16.7.1855: authorized -  

1857: opened -  

7.9.1964: closed -  

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