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Eskmeals Station, Bootle
Eskmeals Station
site name:-   Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
locality:-   Eskmeals
civil parish:-   Bootle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   SD08749416
1Km square:-   SD0894
10Km square:-   SD09
SummaryText:-   Opened 1849; closed 1959.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 82 15) 
placename:-  Eskmeals Station
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.
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"Eskmeals Station / Coal Depot"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 82 15) 
placename:-  Eskmeals Station
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.
"Eskmeals Station / Coal Depot"

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Eskmeals Station
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.
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"Eskmeals Sta"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
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.
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station on railway 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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