Dovenby Hall - Izeria

Dovenby Hall is a country house in 115 acres (47 ha) of land at Dovenby, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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Dovenby

Dovenby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bridekirk, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is on the A594 road and is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north west of Cockermouth, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east of Dearham, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Maryport, 7.4 miles (11.9 km) north east of Workington and 27 miles (43.5 km) south west of Carlisle. In 1931 the parish had a population of 163.

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Dovenby Lodge railway station

Dovenby Lodge railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England. The station was opened in 1867. It was a private station solely for the use of the Ballentine-Dykes family of Dovenby Lodge, one of whom was Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the 1840s. The station is variously referred to as "Dovenby", "Dovenby Park" and "Dovenby Lodge"; an image of a ticket bearing the name Dovenby Lodge is included in the standard work on non-public stations. Letters exchanged in 1868 between the family and the railway concern a parcel of land and a lodge at the station. The station was available for use until the line closed in 1935, though it never appeared in public timetables. Unusually for those times the tracks were lifted not long after closure, with a tragic consequence; when a bridge was being demolished a girder fell on two men and killed them.

Papcastle railway station

Papcastle railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England. The station was opened in 1867, situated over a mile from the village of Papcastle. Sidings to the substantial Broughtoncraggs Quarry led off the line opposite the station.

Linefoot railway station

Linefoot railway station, sometimes referred to as Linefoot Junction and sometimes as Linefoot Goods, briefly served the scattered community around the crossroads at Linefoot, near Cockermouth in Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England. The station was a later addition to the Maryport and Carlisle Railway's (MCR) 5 miles 77 chains (9.6 km) single track Derwent Branch which opened in 1867 to connect their main line near Bullgill with the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway near Brigham. In March 1887 the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) opened its "Northern Extension" from Workington Central through Seaton (Cumbria) and Great Broughton, meeting the Derwent Branch at a new junction at Linefoot. Linefoot opened as a goods only station in 1887, its first stationmaster being Daniel Dickinson. The C&WJR built this 7 miles 30 chains (11.9 km) line to connect the C&WJR with Carlisle and the Solway viaduct. The line was double track from Workington to Seaton, then single through Great Broughton to Linefoot. Exchange sidings were laid at Linefoot and in 1898 a connection was laid between the Northern extension and Alice Pit a short distance south of Linefoot station. Most stations on C&WJR lines had heavy industrial neighbours, such as ironworks next to Cleator Moor West, or served primarily industrial workforces, such as Keekle Colliers' Platform. Linefoot, however, was and remains open farming country with no village as such.