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| St Bees Station, St Bees | ||
| St Bees Station | ||
| site name:- | Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway | |
| locality:- | St Bees | |
| civil parish:- | St Bees (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| coordinates:- | NX97031196 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9711 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened 1849. | |
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 BNC64.jpg (taken 2.1.2007)  BNC65.jpg (taken 2.1.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 72 2) item:- railway signal |
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| 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. click to enlargeCSRY0100.jpg "Railway Station / Coal Depot / S.P." at St Bees |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) |
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| 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. PST2NX91.jpg "ST. BEES" station on railway item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Linton 1852 item:- train |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, Saint Bees, St Bees, Cumberland, drawn by R Shepherd, engraved by
W H Lizars, Edinburgh, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and
Son and by Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852. click to enlargeLN1E04.jpg Tipped in opposite p.24 of A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "R. Shepherd delt. / W. H. Lizars sc. / SAINT BEES." item:- Armitt Library : A1158.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- item:- rail |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Saint Bees, Cumberland, drawn by R Shepherd, published
1850s-60s. click to enlargePR0572.jpg Notice the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway. printed at bottom:- "SAINT BEES" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.520 Image © see bottom of page |
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 CDK45.jpg (taken 23.6.2015)  BXQ15.jpg Station clock:- "R. SUTTON / WHITEHAVEN" (taken 16.11.2012)  BNC68.jpg Signal box. (taken 2.1.2007)  BNC69.jpg Signal box. (taken 2.1.2007)  BNC70.jpg Platform 9 Restaurant (taken 2.1.2007) |
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 BNC66.jpg View N. (taken 2.1.2007)  BNC67.jpg View S. (taken 2.1.2007) |
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