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    Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Cumberland...
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  • sea-going ships could navigate, with the city of Carlisle. The Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company was built as an extension of the Port Carlisle...
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  • Royal Air Force Silloth, or more simply RAF Silloth, is a former Royal Air Force station one mile (1.6 km) north-east of Silloth, Cumbria, England, and...
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    Silloth Lifeboat Station is located at the end of Lawn Terrace, in Silloth, a port town sitting on the Solway Firth, approximately 20 miles (32 km) due...
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    B road which runs for approximately twelve miles between the towns of Silloth and Maryport in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, United Kingdom. From...
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  • Silloth-on-Solway is a civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It contains ten listed buildings that are recorded in...
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    settlements; Workington Aspatria Cockermouth Harrington Keswick Maryport Silloth Wigton Carlisle Brampton Dalston Longtown Whitehaven Arlecdon and Frizington...
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    miles (5.6 km) by road to the east of Silloth. A railway station existed at Blackdyke Halt on the line to Silloth until 1964. Cumbria portal Listed buildings...
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  • and they soon disbanded after the final show at the Queen's Hotel in Silloth on 13 July 1968. This gig was recorded by a local DJ and friend of the...
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    Town and New Town, a large number of streets retain the original setts. Silloth on Solway, a seaside town in Cumbria, still has setts (originally laid...
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    runs for approximately twelve-and-a-quarter miles between the towns of Silloth-on-Solway and Wigton in Cumbria, United Kingdom. From west to east, it...
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  • chairman for the board of school trustees. McKenzie married Megan Wise from Silloth. He also served as customs collector. His son Archibald Ernest Graham McKenzie...
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    only minor, operated by Associated British Ports alongside the Port of Silloth in Allerdale. There are no ferry links from any port or harbour along the...
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  • Sowter, vicar of Silloth, and he was vicar of Christ Church, Silloth, from 16 January 1902 to 1928. During his 27 years at Silloth, he was a "very popular...
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    Severn Beach Shanklin, Isle of Wight Shell Island Sheringham Sidmouth Silloth Skegness South Shields Southbourne, Dorset Southend-on-Sea Southport Southsea...
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  • Lancaster Port of Barrow, Barrow-in-Furness Whitehaven Workington Maryport Silloth Palnackie Irvine Harbour Stranraer Girvan Hunterston Glasgow Islay Lochaline...
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    Workington via Nealhouse, Wigton , Aspatria , Crosby, Maryport & Siddick 400 Silloth via Nealhouse, Thursby, Wigton , Station Hill, Waverbridge, Abbeytown &...
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    Silloth was the terminus of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, a branch railway from Carlisle, England. The town, dock and station at Silloth were built...
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    before disbanding, at RAF Silloth, to reform as No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit. Forming on 1 April 1940, at RAF Silloth, by redesignating the Coastal...
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    a convalescent home and a Medical Training Establishment and Depot RAF Silloth England Cumbria 1939 1960 RAF Silverstone SV England Northamptonshire 1943...
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    & Gilcrux; Keswick; Marsh & Warmpool; Maryport North; Maryport South; Silloth & Solway Coast; Warnell; Wigton & Woodside. The City of Carlisle ward of...
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    estuary of the rivers Esk and Eden, in a westerly direction as far as Silloth-on-Solway, including the villages of Bowness-on-Solway, Burgh-by-Sands...
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    handling both freight and passengers. With the building of the much bigger Silloth docks, the canal was redundant. Some through trade continued via the Port...
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    the Cumbrian Coast Line, and the A596 road to Workington. The town of Silloth-on-Solway lies 12 miles (19 km) to the west, beyond Abbeytown. Wigton is...
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    Maryport, where there is a junction to the B5300 heading up the coast to Silloth via Allonby, Mawbray, and Beckfoot. It then crosses over the River Derwent...
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    way around the Cumbrian coast via Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven to Silloth, and then across the country through Carlisle via Newcastle upon Tyne to...
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    Junction on the branch to Silloth on the Solway Firth, it served the village of Abbey Town. The station closed with the line to Silloth in 1964. Opened as Abbey...
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    Halt or Blackdyke was a railway station near Blackdyke, Cumbria on the Silloth branch, serving the small hamlet of Black Dyke and its rural district....
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  • Silloth Battery Extension railway station was the terminus of the Blitterlees Branch, which turned southwards off the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway's...
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    in 1932. From 1856 to 1964, railway trains operating on the Carlisle to Silloth line once again stopped at Burgh-by-Sands station. Burgh is named from...
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