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• Cumberland
  ...eparated from Cumberland by high mountain peaks and Ullswater, while the [[Furness Fells]] of [[Lancashire]] are to the west, divided from Cumberland by the [ ...he coastal towns grew into large industrial towns and Carlisle served as a railway hub for them.
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• Westmorland
  ...nd of low hills. Westward is Windermere, which marks the boundary with the Furness district of Lancashire, the largest lake in England, though not the largest *{{i-HR}} [[Eden Valley Railway]]
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• Backbarrow
  ...Lancashire|River Leven]] about five miles north-east of [[Ulverston]] in [[Furness]]. ...were built along the river. Earlier mills at the site had been owned by [[Furness Abbey]], which by this time had been dissolved. Development increased due t
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• Barrow-in-Furness
  | name= Barrow-in-Furness | LG district= Westmorland & Furness
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• Macclesfield
  ...cclesfield from Macclesfield train station.jpg|thumb|Macclesfield from the railway station]] Macclesfield railway station opened on 1 July 1873.
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• Kirkby-in-Furness
  |name=Kirkby-in-Furness ...miles northwest of [[Ulverston]]. It is one of the largest villages on the Furness peninsula's north-western coast, looking out over the [[River Duddon|Duddon
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• Grange-over-Sands
  ...own in [[Lancashire]], by the broad sea sands on the eastern side of the [[Furness]] coast; part of Lancashire North of the Sands. Before the railway these routes were the main land route to Furness, but it was always hazardous. The King's Guide to the Sands was first empl
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• Furness
  ...ociety], 'Lancashire North of the Sands', Accessed August 20, 2006.</ref> Furness forms the North Lonsdale hundred. ...its islands, while High Furness is the rest of the land, encompassing the Furness Fells.
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• Ulverston
  |constituency=Barrow and Furness ...the western edge of the [[River Leven, Lancashire|Leven estuary]] in the [[Furness]] area. It lies close to the [[Lake District]], and just north of [[Moreca
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• Windermere
  ...s for holidays and summer homes since 1847, when the Kendal and Windermere Railway built a branch line to it. It is entirely within the [[Lake District|Lake D ...liday resorts. The western shore, in Lancashire, is more rugged where the Furness Fells rise up.
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• Arnside
  ...s Line, the railway line which runs from Lancaster across the estuary into Furness and on to the [[Cumberland]] coast, a line which passes over the River Kent ==The Railway==
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• Maryport
  ...ong A596 road, with [[Workington]] to the south. It is also on the coastal railway line. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway opened in the 1840s, with George Stephenson as its engineer, and made the t
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• Irish Sea
  The Port of [[Barrow-in-Furness]] in [[Lancashire]], despite being one of Britain's largest shipbuilding ce |[[Barrow-in-Furness]]
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• Vickerstown
  |post town=Barrow-in-Furness |LG district=Barrow-in-Furness
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• Diocese of Sodor and Man
  ...and in the [[Irish Sea]] created by the Rev W Awdry as the setting for The Railway Series books (affectionately known as “Thomas the Tank Engine”) |1203 (or 1204) to 1217 ||'''Nicholas de Meaux'''||Abbot of Furnes (Furness?)
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• Lancashire North of the Sands
  [[File:Barrow skyline.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Barrow-in-Furness, looking over to Blackpool]] ...[Broughton-in-Furness]], [[Cartmel]], [[Dalton-in-Furness]] and [[Askam-in-Furness]]. The total population of Lancashire North of the Sands is 102,219.
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• Swanley
  ...s a town which grew up from the nineteenth century around Swanley Junction railway station, which lay a mile and a half southwest of Swanley as was. The new ...town here. Swanley Junction Station was built here at the junction of two railway lines and a town grew up around the station, which was originally named Swa
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• Arkholme
  ...tunnel took the line from Wennington (where it connected with the Midland Railway) to Melling, the next station being at Arkholme.
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• Manchester Ship Canal
  ...sable, and Manchester's business community viewed Liverpool's dock and the railway companies' charges as excessive. A ship canal was proposed as a way of givi ...n extension was completed in 1776 and in 1830 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened. In 1844 the Bridgewater Trustees acquired the Mersey & Irwell Navig
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• Cleator Moor
  ...second railway to serve Cleator Moor was the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway. This new company had a station on the western edge of the town and its dou ...f Montreal Street on which it stood. The Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway suffered from subsidence and it was forced into building a deviation branch
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