page_title: Rowrah
section_title: The Railway Hotel
hierarchical_section_title: Rowrah / Notable buildings / The Railway Hotel
caption_attribution_description: English: The Station Hotel, Rowrah. Now a private residence
context_page_description: Rowrah is a village in Cumbria and spans the civil parishes of Arlecdon and Frizington and Lamplugh. The majority of Rowrah is within Arlecdon and Frizington. The parish boundaries are formed from the Windergill Beck and Colliergate Beck: as such nine properties, Rowrah Hall Farm, Rowrah Hall, Ainsdale House, Rowrah Head, four properties on Pheasants Rise and Rowrah Station technically fall within Lamplugh.
  Until 1974 Rowrah was part of the county of Cumberland.
  Like many of the towns and villages in Cumberland, Rowrah is not mentioned in the Domesday Book as in 1092, the date of the book, the majority of Cumberland was within the kingdom of Scotland. Cumberland, and therefore Rowrah, did not permanently become part of England until 1273 with the signing of the Treaty of York.
context_section_description: The Railway Hotel, located at 49 Rowrah Road, was the property of the Jennings Brewery, Cockermouth. The property was leased to various landlords throughout its life under Jennings Brewery ownership, some of the tenants included:-
  Joseph Cameron Boyd: Railway Hotel, Rowrah – 1924
  William Joseph Brough: Railway Hotel, Rowrah – 1928
  The Railway Hotel Rowrah underwent alterations in 1955/1956 while remaining under the ownership of the Jennings Brewery.
  Additional National archive records, held in Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Whitehaven, indicate the sale of The Railway Hotel in 1956 The Station Hotel is now a private residence.
caption: The Station Hotel, Rowrah. Now a private residence
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