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| Aspatria Station, Aspatria | ||
| Aspatria Station | ||
| site name:- | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | |
| locality:- | Bowerbridge | |
| civil parish:- | Aspatria (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| coordinates:- | NY14374124 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1441 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY14 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened 1841. | |
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 BNY67.jpg (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY72.jpg (taken 15.8.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 9) placename:- Aspatria Station item:- railway bridge; crane |
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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 enlargeCSRY0054.jpg "Aspatria Station / Coal & Lime Depot / Crane" at Bowerbridge |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H |
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| 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. GAR2NY14.jpg "Sta" dot by railway item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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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. PST2NY14.jpg station on railway item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FOOTBRIDGE AT ASPATRIA STATION / / / ASPATRIA / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 410422 / NY1439541263" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Footbridge over railway. Probably 1870's by George Smith & Co, founders, for the Maryport &Carlisle Railway. Cast-iron. Standard footbridge design spanning double track. Steps and overbridge have lattice rails with square posts under ball finials. Overbridge supported on cast-iron fluted columns with Corinthian capitals. Cast lamp brackets at the top of each side of the steps have twist-patterned stems but lamp fitments removed." |
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 BNY68.jpg View E. (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY69.jpg View W; and a railway bridge. (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY70.jpg Station seat. (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY71.jpg Station seat. (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY73.jpg Footbridge. (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY74.jpg Footbridge. (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY75.jpg Cast iron makers plate on the footbridge:- "THE FOUNDRY / GEORGE SMITH &CO / [ ]" (taken 15.8.2007) |
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| story:- |
Written 1899:- |
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| "... many folks remember, when the Maryport and Carlisle Railway terminated at Aspatria,
and the porter, now deceased (rest his soul in peace!) used quite politely to show
out the first-class passengers, but, coming to the third-class carriages, threw open
the doors and shouted 'S'Patrick, get out!'" |
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| "Speeatry, lowp oot!" |
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| Calverley 1899 |
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