A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CARLISLE AND SILLOTH RAILWAY, a railway in Cumberland; from Carlisle westward to Silloth bay. The first reach of it, 8½ miles long, from Carlisle to Drumburgh, goes west-north-westward, along the course of the old ship canal; a branch, 2¾ miles long, goes thence, in the same direction, to Port Carlisle; and the remaining reach, 12¾ miles long, from Drumburgh to Silloth, goes south-westward to Abbey, and west-northwestward thence to Silloth. This last part was authorized, in 1855, in connection with the scheme for Silloth dock; and the railway was opened in 1856,-the dock, in 1859. See Port Carlisle and Silloth.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Carlisle |
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