(Continued from part one)
So it was, on Tuesday 11th June 1861 the train which had passed over the bridge less than an hour earlier fully laden, left Leamington Spa station ...
With today’s interpretation of the Health & Safety laws it is easy to forget the rather laxed attitude towards H&S that prevailed in times past. Unfortunately, this was an attitude ...
Railway.
1 The Evesham and Redditch Railway was built under powers granted by a Parliametary Act dating to 13th July 1863. The line was opened between Alcester and Redditch on ...
Duplicated record.
Rugby is of course well known for its train station, and part of the reason for the town’s dramatic growth in the Victorian era is its status as an important ...
1 Signal box marked on 1886 map.
2 Signal box, station building, shelter on opposite side of tracks to the station building, foot bridge and a goods shed were mapped as ...
The site of a railway signal box at Brandon and Wolston Station. It was in use during the Imperial period. The signal box is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated 200m north of Brandon Castle.
1 Site of Birch Coppice colliery railway marked on OS map of 1885.
The site of Birch Coppice colliery railway, dating to the Imperial period, is marked on the OS map of 1885.
A local schoolmaster Mr Hassall mentions this station in his school logbook:
Jan. 15th 1892. The new books for the library to the worth of £4. 10. 0 arrived at Brandon ...
