Map 1832 Station Street and Station Road planned location

Because of the building in the 1840s of the Cockermouth to Keswick railway, and the new Cockermouth railway station situated at the elevated part of town without easy access, they had to create a new access from the Main Street to the new Cockermouth Railway Station. 

This map of 1832 shows the intended route of a new road and shows that premises on Main Street had to be demolished to allow the building of Station Street that linked with Back Lane (later known as South Street). On Back Lane there was the General Sunday School which had to be demolished for the road to continue as Station Road up to the new railway station.  Before Station Road was built, Kittison Lane was the only route in this direction to Lamplugh.  After Station Road was built, Kittison Lane joined Station Road and at that junction we still see the magnificent architecture of Fairfield House which was later built by Robinson Mitchell, the auctioneer. 

Note that at this time the area marked Tarn Close was open grazing, so too was the land on the right marked Mr Andr… Tarn Close area was once Fairfield Tarn and the beck from the tarn ran down under Main Street ‘via a ford’ to enter the Derwent near High Sand Went [Bradbury p203] make your own appropriate interpretation of maps and evidence.

Note that at this time the owner of the land on which a property exists is named.

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