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Southwaite Station, Hesket
Southwaite Station
site name:-   Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
locality:-   Southwaite
civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY44934511
1Km square:-   NY4445
10Km square:-   NY44
SummaryText:-   opened with the railway, 1846; closed 1952.


photograph
BNI16.jpg (taken 9.3.2007)  
photograph
BNI17.jpg  View S.
(taken 9.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31) 
item:-  railway signalrailway 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.
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CSRY0185.jpg
"Railway Station / S.P."
at Southwaite 

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Southwaite Station
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.
image
GAR2NY44.jpg
"Southwaite Station"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1920s maps
source data:-   Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
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LS3p29.jpg
"TO EDINBURGH 109¼ / SOUTHWAITE / FROM LONDON 291¼"
item:-  JandMN : 95.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Southwaite 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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POF2Cm.jpg
"Southwaite Sta."
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Southwaite 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
"Southwaite Stn."
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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