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| Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway | |||
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| civil parish:- | Brigham (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Embleton (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Wythop (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Matterdale (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Hutton (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Dacre (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Penrith (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||
| locality type:- | railway | ||
| SummaryText:- | from Cockermouth, through Embleton, Bassenthwaite Lake, Braithwaite, Keswick, Threlkeld, Troutbeck, Penruddock, Blencow, to Penrith, Cumberland. | ||
| references:- |  click to enlargeRWY023.jpg |
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 BLW38.jpg (taken 18.4.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H |
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| 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. GAR2NY13.jpg triple line, light bold light, railway  GAR2NY22.jpg  GAR2NY32.jpg  GAR2NY42.jpg  GAR2NY43.jpg  GAR2NY53.jpg item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- Jenkinson 1875 B placename:- Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway |
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| source data:- | Advertisement for the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway, published by Edward
Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1884. click to enlargeJK1207.jpg Adverts p.11 at the back of Jenkinson's Smaller Practical Guide to Carlisle, Gilsland, Roman Wall and Neighbourhood. item:- Armitt Library : A1717.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- LMS 1939 B |
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| source data:- |  click to enlargeLMS6Cm.jpg "MAP OF LMS RAILWAY" item:- JandMN : 1016.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Thirty one and a quarter miles. There were 8 bowstring girder bridges on the line
designed by Thomas Bouch, 4 upright and 4 inverted, for example one beside the approach
road to Keswick from the north. |
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| person:- | railway company : Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway |
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| date:- | 1861 to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company (operator, passenger) : London and North Western Railway; LNWR |
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| date:- | 1863 to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company (operator, mineral) : Stockton and Darlington Railway; StDR |
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| date:- | 1863 to 1863 |
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| person:- | railway company (operator, mineral) : North Eastern Railway; NER |
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| date:- | 1863 to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company : London, Midland and Scottish Railway; LMS |
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| date:- | 1923 to 1948 |
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| person:- | railway company : British Railways; BR |
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| date:- | 1948 |
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| goes through:- |  Cockermouth Goods Junction, Brigham Cockermouth Station, Cockermouth[railway bridge, Cockermouth] [railway bridge, Cockermouth (2)] Embleton Station, Embleton Bassenthwaite Lake Station, Wythop[Braithwaite Station, Above Derwent] railway bridge, Great Crosthwaite railway bridge, Keswick (5) Keswick Station, Keswick railway bridge, Keswick (4) Keswick Bridge, Keswick railway bridge, Keswick (3) railway bridge, Keswick (2) railway milepost, Keswick railway bridge, Keswick railway tunnel, Keswick railway bridge, Briery railway bridge, Briery (2) Briery Bobbin Mill Siding, Keswick railway bridge, Brundholme level crossing, Brundholme railway bridge, Brundholme (2) railway bridge, Brundholme (3) railway milepost, Brundholme railway bridge, St John's Castlerigg etc railway bridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (2) railway tunnel, Threlkeld railway bridge, Threlkeld (3) railway milepost, Brundholme (2) railway bridge, Threlkeld (2) railway bridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (3) railway bridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (4)[Threlkeld Station, St John's Castlerigg etc] railway bridge, Matterdale (3) railway bridge, Threlkeld (4) railway bridge, Threlkeld Mosedale Viaduct, Matterdale Highgate Station, Matterdale fence, Matterdale (2) railway bridge, Matterdale (2) fence, Matterdale railway bridge, Matterdale Troutbeck Station, Troutbeck signal box, Troutbeck[Penruddock Station, Hutton] railway viaduct, Penruddock Flusco Bridge, Dacre Blencow Station, Dacre railway bridge, Newbiggin (2) railway bridge, Dacre (2) railway bridge, Dacre[Redhills Junction, Penrith] Penrith Junction, Penrith Eamont Bridge Junction, Dacre1.8.1861: authorized - 1864 - 1865: opened 18.4.1966: closed W of Keswick - 6.3.1972: closed, passengers - 19.6.1972: closed, goods - |
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