Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Preston Street Goods, Whitehaven | ||
| Preston Street Goods | ||
| Newtown Station | ||
| site name:- | Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| locality type:- | goods depot | |
| coordinates:- | NX97221766 (guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9717 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened with the railway as Newtown Station 1849; closed 1855; Preston Street Goods from 1860. | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) item:- crane (?); goods shed |
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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 (Cmd 67 6)  click to enlargeCSRY0097.jpg "Goods Station / C." |
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| hearsay:- |
Also a junction for the line to engine sheds. |
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