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Ashwell Railway Station
Ashwell railway station was a station in Ashwell, Rutland on the line between Melton Mowbray and Oakham. It lies west of the village, on the road to Whissendine. Just north of Ashwell was Ashwell Junction where the Cottesmore Ironstone Branch joined. This was in use between 1883 and 1974 and served quarries in the vicinity of Cottesmore and Exton.British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16 Part of the former mineral branch line is now Rutland Railway Museum (trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum). History Opened by the Midland Railway as the Syston and Peterborough Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. In 1966 it was closed by the British Railways Board. The site today Trains still pass the former station between Melton Mowbray and Oakham Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwell, Rutland
Ashwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 290 at the 2001 census falling to 269 at the 2011 census. It is located about north of Oakham. The village's name means 'spring/stream with ash trees'. St Mary’s church is mainly of 14th-century origin, but in 1851 it underwent a major restoration by William Butterfield. James Adams, rector, who won a Victoria Cross in Afghanistan in 1879, is buried in the churchyard. Ashwell Hall stands in a small park about half a mile south of the village. It was built in 1879 in the Tudor style. Aviator Beryl Markham (''née'' Clutterbuck) was born in Westfield House and lived here until her family moved to Kenya when she was four years old. Ashwell Prison, a former Category C prison, was located about south of the centre of the village but actually in the parish of Burley. Previously the site was a Second World War US army base, home to part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
