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Kirkby Station, Sand Side
Kirkby Station
Kirkby-in-Furness Station
site name:-   Furness Railway
locality:-   Sand Side
locality:-   Kirkby-in-Furness
civil parish:-   Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   SD22678250
1Km square:-   SD2282
10Km square:-   SD28
SummaryText:-   Opened as Kirkby Station 1846; rename Kirkby-in-Ireleth Station 1928.


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BMO86.jpg (taken 30.8.2006)  
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BMO85.jpg (taken 30.8.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 5) 
placename:-  Kirkby Station
item:-  railway signalweighing machinerailway bridge
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.
OS County Series (Lan 11 9) 
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"Kirby Station / Goods Shed / W.M. / S.P."

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Sand Side 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.
"Sand Side Station"

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.
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GAR2SD28.jpg
"Sta"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RAILWAY FOOTBRIDGE AT KIRBY IN FURNESS STATION / / / KIRKBY IRELETH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75872 / SD2268782522"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Railway footbridge. Mid to late C19 for the Furness Railway. Cast and wrought iron. Bridge canted over line with landing and steps to each side. Steps have ornate balusters and newels, landings supported on Tuscan columns. Landings and bridge have lattice-work parapets and ball finials."

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Kirkby Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Kirkby Sta."
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Kirkby Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF8Cm.jpg
"Kirkby Stn."
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
source data:-   Drawing, Kirby Station, Kirkby Ireleth, Cumberland, by John Harper, 1840.
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View of Kirby Station with hills in the background. Executed in pencil with touches of white gouache on buff coloured paper. Preparatory sketch drawn on the spot by the artist. 
at bottom left:-  "Kirby Station"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.33
Image © Tullie House Museum


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BMO87.jpg  View S.
(taken 30.8.2006)  
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BMO88.jpg  View N.
(taken 30.8.2006)  


photograph
BMO89.jpg (taken 30.8.2006)  

Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Henry A
date:-   1875
New buildings, now demolished.

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