Oxenholme

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Station Inn, Oxenholme

Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′  N , 2 ° 43 ′  W Oxenholme is a place in Cumbria in north-west England. The place is known today for its train station called Oxenholme The Lake District on the West Coast Main Line , because otherwise intercity trains only stop in cities and not in villages, which Oxenholme is legally seen. The station is the origin of the present day place and was commissioned by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in1847. The line to Windermere also operated by this companybranches off here. The place began to grow around the station and took its name from a farm of that name. Theplace received theaddition ' Lake District ' in 1988.

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