Articles relating to the SCRCA
Articles cover a wide range of general topics relating to the Settle-Carlisle Railway Conservation Area (SCRCA). These articles are NOT location-specific, i.e. they do NOT relate to specific individual sites or structures. (Location-specific information is provided via snippets, which can be accessed from all relevant location summaries.) To view an article, click / tap on its title.
Background Article
- A brief time-travelling excursion to London St. Pancras
- An introduction to the new siding at Helwith Bridge for Arcow & Dry Rigg Quarries
- An introduction to the standard types of workers' housing within the SCRCA
- Biographies for selected individuals with a link to the SCRCA
- Brick works in the Cotehill area
- Building railways in the 1860s: two Midland extensions
- Geological Notes Relating to the Quarries at Helwith Bridge
- Gypsum Production in the Cotehill Area
- Gypsum Production in the Kirkby Thore Area
- Long Meg Mine, Little Salkeld
- Mineral traffic from Long Marton Station
- Photographs relating to the construction of the Settle & Carlisle Railway
- Primary source material and contemporary accounts relating to the construction of the Settle-Carlisle Railway
- Railway distance diagrams for the SCRCA
- Railway land plans: Introduction and index
- Railway travel posters
- Self-guided tours relating to the construction of the Settle Carlisle Railway and Ribbledead Viaduct
- Settle & Carlisle Railway navvies cause "revelry and riot" during a day-trip to Morecambe
- Settle-Carlisle Railway Mileposts
- The Brickworks at Culgaith
- The Gypsum Industry and the Settle-Carlisle Railway
- The importance of water on steam-operated railways
- The Midland Railway coat of arms and wyvern crest
- The non-standard station buildings associated with the SCRCA
- The Royal Train visits Hellifield in 1891
- The three standard designs for Settle-Carlisle line station buildings
- What are railway gradient posts and why are they necessary?
- What are railway signal boxes and why are they necessary?
- What are railway tunnels and why are they necessary?
- What are spoil tips and how were they formed?
- What were naphtha stores and why were they necessary?
- Why was Appleby Station provided with a passenger footbridge in 1901?
Biography
- Biographical information for Charles Albert Hart
- Biographical information for Frederick William Simmons
- Biographical information for George Gibbs
- Biographical information for George Rodgers
- Biographical information for Joseph William Poyser
- Biographical information for Peter Service McCallum
- Biographical information for Robert Towson McCallum
Contemporary Account
- Construction of the S&CR: Contemporary accounts relating to the Langwathby area
- Construction of the S&CR: family life and children in the navvy settlements
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Chambers's Journal, 1872 edition
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Chambers's Journal, 1873 edition
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Cumberland & Westmorland Herald - 1873, 2 August
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1865, October 7th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1866, August 11th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1866, May 19th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, December 24th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, December 3rd
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, July 16th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, July 23rd
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, June 25th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, June 4th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, November 12th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1870, September 3rd
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1871, August 26th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1871, July 8th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1871, October 21st
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1871, September 30th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1872, December 14th
- Contemporary Account of SCR Construction: Lancaster Guardian - 1873, February 15th
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: A - Foreword and Introduction
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: B - Preamble
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: C - Contract 1
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: D - Contract 2
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: E - Contract 3
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: F - Contract 4
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: G - Contract 5
- How they built the Settle-Carlisle railway: H - Postscript
- Weather and working conditions encountered during the construction of the Settle & Carlisle Railway
Campaign / Promotion
Reference Source Review (Primary)
- Historic England Archive: aerial images relating to the SCRCA
- Review of primary source material at the National Archives (Kew): SCR Construction - Contract 1
- Review of primary source material at the National Archives (Kew): SCR Construction - Contract 2
- Review of primary source material at the National Archives (Kew): SCR Construction - Contract 3
- Review of primary source material at the National Archives (Kew): SCR Construction - Contract 4
- Review of primary source: 1871 census for the New Parish of Ingleton Fells
- Review of primary source: drawing-sac-mr-generic-station-building-no-1-large-na-rail-491-629-3
- Review of primary source: drawing-sac-mr-generic-station-building-no-2-medium-na-rail-491-629-4
- Review of primary source: drawing-sac-mr-generic-station-building-no-2-medium-na-rail-491-629-5
- Review of primary source: drawing-sac-mr-generic-waiting-room-v01-na-rail-491-629-2
- Review of primary source: List of Network Rail bridges supplied on 19th February 2015
Reference Source Overview
Reference Source Review (Secondary)
Additional articles may be added on an occasional basis.