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Abbey Junction Railway Station
Abbey Junction railway station was the railway junction where the branch line to Silloth railway station, Silloth on the Solway Firth divided from the Solway Junction Railway in the England, English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria). History A station on the site was opened as Abbeyholme by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, and was then renamed Abbey Junction by the North British Railway in 1870. It closed in 1921. A parallel station on the site was opened as Abbey Junction by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. It closed briefly from 1917 to 1919 then permanently in 1921. The closure of the stations was linked to the closure of the Solway viaduct. References Sources * * * External links The station on a navigable Edwardian 6" OS map, via ''National Library of Scotland'' * [http://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=54.85229&lng=-3.27865 The station via ''Rail Map Online''] {{coord, 54, 51, 8.8, N, 3, 16, 42.8, W, type:railwaystation_reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Town
Abbeytown, also known as Holme Abbey, is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The name Abbeytown dates to the mid-17th century (''The Towne of the Abbey'', ''Abbey Towne''; ''Abbeytown'' from mid-18th century) and is named after the Holmcultram Abbey founded in the 12th century. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 819. It is located five-and-a-half miles south-east of Silloth, and six-and-a-half miles north-west of Wigton. The civil parish borders Holme Low to the north, Holme East Waver and Dundraw to the east, Bromfield to the south, and Holme St Cuthbert to the west. The county town of Carlisle is eighteen miles to the north-east. Other nearby settlements include Foulsyke, Highlaws, Kelsick, Mawbray, Pelutho, and Wheyrigg. The B5302 road runs through the village. Historically a part of Cumberland, Abbeytown was built around the former Cistercian Holmcultram Abbey, the nave of the church of which now serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
