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.
COCKERMOUTH, KESWICK, AND PENRITH RAILWAY, a railway in Cumberland; east-south-eastward from Cockermouth to Keswick, and east by north-ward thence to Penrith; into junction there with the Lancaster and Carlisle railway. It was authorized in August 1861, and opened on 1 Jan. 1865. Its length is 31 ½ miles.
(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: | Cockermouth |
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