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FOXFIELD, a railway station adjacent to the boundary between Cumberland and Lancashire; at the head of the Duddon estuary, ¾ of a mile SSW of Broughton-in-Furness. It is the junction station of the Whitehaven and Furness railway with the Furness, Ulverstone, and Lancaster railway.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Foxfield |
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