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| Rose Hill Station, Gilsland | ||
| Rose Hill Station | ||
| Gilsland Station | ||
| site name:- | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway | |
| locality:- | Gilsland | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| coordinates:- | NY63566633 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6366 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY66 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened as Rose Hill Station with the railway, 1836; renamed Gilsland Station 1869; closed 1967. | |
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 BOV39.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)  BOV40.jpg View W. (taken 21.3.2008) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Nhd 82 14) placename:- Rosehill Station |
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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. OS County Series (Nhd 91 2)  click to enlargeCSRY0004.jpg "Rosehill Station" |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 115:- "... From the Railway Station at Rose Hill, a good carriage-road leads up in a gradual ascending sweep, [to the Shaws Hotel for Gilsland Spa] ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Rose Hill Station |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF8Cm.jpg "Rose Hill Stn." map date 1873 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Rose Hill Station |
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| source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlargePOF9Cm.jpg "Rose Hill Stn." map date 1863 |
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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums |
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 BOV41.jpg View E. (taken 21.3.2008) |
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