Langwathby, From The Station c.1955
Photo ref: L199010
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Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village. Opened in 1874 the line was much used for sending timber from Edenhall Woods, as well as local dairy produce and potatoes. The old station now houses a tearoom.

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As a youngster of 12 I was evacuated from my home in Wallington near Croydon Surrey to Cumbria, where I attended Penrith Grammar School in 1940. I lived at Temple Sowerby at Riggside at the farm (Millrigg Farm) of my elderly cousin, Isaac Huntington. His elder brother was George Huntington a retired farmer of Langwathby Hall Farm. Those two brothers were sons of Joseph and Ann Huntington also of Langwathby ...see more