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458:Line and station open
373:Butt, R.V.J. (1995).
340:. pp. 136, 138.
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338:David & Charles
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206:Midge Hall station
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416:Old OS Maps
92: /
68:Coordinates
2019:Categories
1779:Chorley FM
1705:White Bear
1670:Cocker Bar
1515:Merseyside
1425:Mossbridge
1397:Cocker Bar
1392:Midge Hall
1172:Scale Hall
803:Haslingden
798:Grane Road
783:Simonstone
682:Wrea Green
644:White Bear
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566:Goosehouse
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286:References
263:Cocker Bar
241:Midge Hall
175:Midge Hall
77:53°41′25″N
27:Cocker Bar
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1665:Brinscall
1629:Adlington
1587:Transport
1354:Farington
1258:Foulridge
1225:Hest Bank
1192:Claughton
1134:Longridge
1124:Grimsargh
1119:Ribbleton
988:Bay Horse
904:Whitworth
894:Shawforth
889:Britannia
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793:Helmshore
722:Maudlands
712:Singleton
692:Wyre Dock
687:Fleetwood
634:Brinscall
606:Newsholme
596:Rimington
586:Wilpshire
282:prisons.
157:Key dates
80:2°45′23″W
1835:Politics
1710:Withnell
1109:Deepdale
1046:Preesall
866:Stubbins
808:Baxenden
745:Towneley
717:Lea Road
629:Withnell
591:Chatburn
332:(1969).
112:SD501218
52:Location
1987:History
1934:Chorley
1788:Cuisine
1774:The Bee
1695:Hoghton
1675:Coppull
1644:Croston
1639:Chorley
1529:Cumbria
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1369:Coppull
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132:History
127:Disused
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1197:Hornby
1182:Halton
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222:Walton
165:Opened
162:c 1849
124:Status
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1749:Fauna
1723:Sport
1417:SCLER
1336:Banks
1306:Hoole
1263:Earby
1187:Caton
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280:Garth
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