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Newbiggin (Kirkby Thore)
Newbiggin est un village et une paroisse civile de Cumbria, situé dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre.
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Newbiggin, Kirkby Thore
Newbiggin is a village and civil parish near the larger village of Temple Sowerby, in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. In 2001 it had a population of 96. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Eden district.
Newbiggin station opened in 1876 and closed in 1970.
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New Biggin railway station
New Biggin or Newbiggin was a railway station which
served the village of Newbiggin near Kirkby Thore in Newbiggin parish, Cumbria, England. It was located on the Settle-Carlisle Line, 24+3⁄4 miles (39.8 km) south of Carlisle. Whilst the station is now disused, the line is still operational and the nearest open station is Appleby.
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Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill
Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill is a National Trust property situated just north of Temple Sowerby, near Penrith, Cumbria, England.
The garden features over 250 medicinal and culinary herbs and is protected by ancient oaks and high walls. There are orchards with old varieties of English fruit. The estate includes a partially restored functioning watermill, powered from the Crowdundle Beck.
It was left to the trust in 1950 by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, a popular author in the Yorkshire dialect, who bought and restored the house and garden. The house was known for some time as Temple Sowerby Manor before the National Trust reverted to its original name of Acorn Bank in 1969.
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Culgaith railway station
Culgaith railway station served the village of Culgaith in Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England from 1880 to 1970.
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Culgaith
Culgaith is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, north-west England. The village is on a ridge above the River Eden, between Temple Sowerby and Langwathby. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 721, increasing to 826 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.
Amenities include All Saints’ Church, and its associated primary school, as well as a public house. The village railway station closed in 1970.