Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway
	Cumbrian Coast Line
civil parish:-	Ulverston (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-	Egton with Newland (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-	Lower Allithwaite (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-	Lower Holker (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-	Grange-over-Sands (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-	Meathop and Ulpha (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-	Arnside (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	railway
county:-	Lancashire
locality type:-	railway
SummaryText:-	from Ulverston on the Furness Railway, through Plumpton, Cark in Cartmel, Kent's Bank, Grange over Sands, Arnside, Silverdale, to Carnforth on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, Lancashire.
references:-	RWY011.jpg
	BLW36.jpg (taken 18.4.2006)
evidence:-	old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:-  Midland Railway
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. GAR2SD27.jpg triple line, light bold light, railway  GAR2SD37.jpg "Midland Railway" note the triangular juntion with the Lakside branch; the route across Cartmel Sands is interesting  GAR2SD47.jpg item:-  JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Barber 1873
source data:-	Print, ?colour lithograph, Grange, published by The Graphotyping Co, 7 Garrick Street and Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Stationers' Hall Court, London, and by J Atkinson, King Street, Ulverston, Cumberland, about 1873.   click to enlarge BB1E02.jpg Grange-over-Sands seen from Holme Island; there is a train on the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway approaching the station.  "GRANGE" item:-  JandMN : 69.3 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- LMS 1939 B
source data:-	click to enlarge LMS6Cm.jpg "MAP OF LMS RAILWAY" item:-  JandMN : 1016.5 Image © see bottom of page
hearsay:-	The railway was promoted by the Brogden Family. A route was surveyed by McLean and Stileman, 1850.
	19½miles.
	The railway caused enormous changes to the northern shore of Morecambe Bay and the Kent Estuary. From the openeing in 1859 up to the 1870s over 1100 acres of land were reclaimed. Above the viaduct 700 acres of new marsh appeared as a result of silting, some of which was reclaimed later.
	Gilpin, Leslie R: 2008: Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway: Cumbrian Railways Association:: ISBN 0 954232 7 0
person:-	railway company  : Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway
date:-	1851  to 1862
person:-	railway company  : Furness Railway; FR
date:-	1862  to 1923
person:-	railway company  : London, Midland and Scottish Railway; LMS
date:-	1923  to 1948
person:-	railway company  : British Railways; BR
date:-	1948
goes through:-	Ulverston Station, Ulverston  railway bridge, Ulverston (3)  railway bridge, Ulverston (4)  railway bridge, Ulverston (5)  railway bridge, Ulverston (6)  railway bridge, Ulverston (8)  railway viaduct, Ulverston [railway bridge, Ulverston (2)]  Next Ness Embankment, Egton with Newland  Plumpton West Junction, Egton with Newland  Plumpton East Junction, Egton with Newland  railway bridge, Egton with Newland (3)  Plumpton Gate, Egton with Newland  Leven Junction, Egton with Newland  railway bridge, Egton with Newland (4)  wind pressure gauge, Leven Viaduct  Leven Viaduct, Egton with Newland [railway bridge, Lower Holker]  level crossing, Lower Holker [railway bridge, Cark (4)] [railway bridge, Cark (3)] [railway bridge, Cark (2)]  railway bridge, Cark  Cark and Cartmel Station, Cark  railway bridge, Flookburgh  Wraysholme Halt, Lower Allithwaite  Wraysholme Crossing, Lower Allithwaite [railway bridge, Lower Allithwaite]  level crossing, Kents Bank  Kents Bank Station, Kents Bank  railway bridge, Grange-over-Sands [railway crossing, Grange-over-Sands]  level crossing, Grange-over-Sands (2)  railway footbridge, Grange-over-Sands (2)  Bayley Lane Crossing, Grange-over-Sands  Grange-over-Sands Station, Grange-over-Sands  signal box, Grange-over-Sands  railway footbridge, Grange-over-Sands  railway embankment, Grange-over-Sands  level crossing, Grange-over-Sands [railway bridge, Meathop]  Meathop Embankment, Meathop and Ulpha  Kent Viaduct, Arnside  signal box, Arnside  Arnside Junction, Arnside  Arnside Station, Arnside  railway bridge, Arnside  level crossing, Arnside  Black Dyke Crossing, Arnside [railway bridge, Arnside (2)]  Silverdale Station, Lancashire  Carnforth Station, Lancashire (2)  Carnforth Station, Lancashire  Carnforth Junction, Lancashire 24.7.1851: authorized -   1857: opened -

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