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John Holloway Sanders
John Holloway Sanders FRIBA (1825 – 16 October 1884) was an architect based in England and chief architect of the Midland Railway until 1884. His date of appointment as Chief Architect to the Midland Railway is not known, but he is recorded as working for them in 1845. He is particularly noted for his station buildings on the Settle to Carlisle railway which were all built in a similar style, they became known colloquially as ''Midland Gothic'' or ''Derby Gothic''. He was appointed Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 22 April 1872. On his death in 1884, the position of Chief Architect of the Midland Railway went to Charles Trubshaw Charles Trubshaw FRIBA (1840 – 15 February 1917) was an architect specifically associated with railway buildings on the London and North Western Railway and Midland Railway lines. Career He trained as an architect in the office of his father, .... List of works References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders 19th-century Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsley Railway Station
Tinsley railway station was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, opened in March 1869. This station was designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders. The station served the growing community of Tinsley and the workers at the nearby steelworks which had moved to or had been founded in the lower Don Valley following major changes in manufacturing methods in the mid - late 19th century. The station, opened by the South Yorkshire Railway, was built on the line between Sheffield Victoria and Barnsley and became a junction station with the opening of the line from Tinsley Junction (later Tinsley South Junction) to the original Rotherham station by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. The station was located by the main Sheffield to Rotherham road in Tinsley, now on the Sheffield side of M1, Junction 34 in Tinsley. The station had two platforms, flanking the running lines, and was surrounded by sidings belonging to steel works, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirebrook Railway Station
Shirebrook railway station serves the town of Shirebrook in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line, 21½ miles (35 km) north of Nottingham towards Worksop. History The line and the station were built by the Midland Railway. It was opened for goods traffic in April 1875 and for passenger traffic on 1 June 1875 when the Midland Railway built a branch line from Mansfield to Worksop. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. In 1951, the station was renamed "Shirebrook West" despite being on the ''eastern'' edge of the village. This was to "avoid confusion" with three other stations: * built by the LD&ECR in 1897. Despite its name, Shirebrook North was not actually in Shirebrook, but in nearby Langwith Junction. * built by the GNR on their line from Langwith Junction to via . This line used to pass through the middle of Shirebrook by a massive embankment, cutting the village in two. Shirebrook Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandry Mire Viaduct
Dandry Mire Viaduct, (or Dandrymire Viaduct), is a railway viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle line in Cumbria, England. It is just north of Garsdale station, from , and south of . When the Settle & Carlisle line was being built, the traversing of Dandry Mire was to have been by use of an embankment, but the bog swallowed all of the material poured into it, so a trench was dug instead, and a viaduct constructed. The viaduct, which is long and high, is still open to traffic on the railway, and is a prominent landmark at the head of Garsdale. History Work started on this part of the line in 1871 as part of the second contract let, with the original intent of crossing Dandry Mire Moss on an embankment rather than a viaduct. In 1873, it was reported that over of material had been poured into the bog, which had just swallowed it all up, displacing the peat, so much so, that it formed ridges either side of the proposed embankment to a height of nearly . The continual wet weather co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creswell Railway Station
Creswell railway station serves the village Creswell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop. It is also the nearest station to the larger village of Clowne. History The line and the station was built by the Midland Railway. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. On 24 February 1886 it was renamed as Elmton and Creswell to prevent confusion with the nearby Creswell and Welbeck station opened by the LD&ECR in 1897 and closed at the outbreak of WW2. Stationmasters *E. Barber 1876 - 1878 (formerly station master at Pinxton) *G.C. Hawkins 1878 - 1880 (formerly station master at Harrow Road) *Ultimus Jackson 1880 - 1909 *Arthur Jackson 1910 - 1921 (afterwards station master at Stamford) *George Palmer 1921 - 1926 (formerly station master at Armathwaite) *W.D. Rattue 1926 - 1935 (formerly station master at Clowne) Branch line A branch line veered west immediately north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenton Railway Station
Shenton railway station is located about 0.5 miles from the village of Shenton, Leicestershire, England. It is the current southern terminus of the Battlefield Line Railway, which runs to here from Shackerstone. The station is located at the foot of Ambion Hill and is actually the reconstructed Humberstone Road Station from Leicester. The original station closed in 1965 and was dismantled and relocated (except for a small lamp room that now serves as the Station Pottery). The station is a former stop on the London and North Western Railway and the Midland Railway, who jointly operated the line between Moira West Junction and Nuneaton. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders John Holloway Sanders FRIBA (1825 – 16 October 1884) was an architect based in England and chief architect of the Midland Railway until 1884. His date of appointment as Chief Architect to the Midland Railway is not known, but he is recorded as .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shackerstone Railway Station
Shackerstone railway station is a preserved railway station and heritage museum in Leicestershire, Central England. It is the terminus and the headquarters of the heritage Battlefield Line Railway, with the Shackerstone Railwayana Museum, tea room, shop, loco shed and main rolling stock located here. The Ashby Canal is nearby. History The original intention was to site the station where it is today, but in response to a request from Lord Howe of Gopsall Hall, the Committee agreed to move it north of the junction and call it "Gopsall"; but soon altered their minds and moved it back to the junction. Land for this purpose was bought from Lord Howe, who in 1877, was allowed to plant trees along the approach road to the station. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. Its position made Shackerstone strategically important in the operation of the line, and it seems to have been selected as the headquarters of the inspector, Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Bosworth Railway Station
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Nuneaton Abbey Street Railway Station
Nuneaton Abbey Street was the second main railway station serving Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, It operated between 1864 and closure in 1968. The other main station being Nuneaton Trent Valley which is still open, but now known as simply ''Nuneaton''. The station served the Birmingham-Nuneaton-Leicester Line and also the now closed Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It was originally opened on 1 December 1864 by the Midland Railway on their line from Birmingham to Nuneaton. The station was rebuilt on a slightly different location in 1873, when the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway was opened. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. Until 2 June 1924 it was known as Nuneaton Midland. It was renamed as ''Nuneaton Abbey Street'' to avoid confusion with Trent Valley station, when the Midland Railway and the London and North Western Railway were grouped to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). The station came un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield Railway Station (England)
Mansfield railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. Alternatively it is named Mansfield Town, to distinguish itself from the GCR's former Mansfield Central and Mansfield Woodhouse's station. The station is north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line, and is managed by East Midlands Railway. The station building is Grade II listed. History The town was originally the terminus of the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, built in 1819. It was bought by the Midland Railway, which used the final section to extend its new Leen Valley line to the present station in 1849. The station opened for passenger traffic without ceremony on Tuesday 9 October 1849. The line suffered from some teething problems in its early days. The ''Derby Mercury'' of 24 October 1849 criticised the quality of construction noting that: engines have been off the line in the station yard at Mansfield several times since the opening on Tuesday week. The curves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Acton Railway Station
Iron Acton station opened on 2 September 1872, with the start of services on the Midland Railway branch from Yate to Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, Thornbury. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. It closed to passenger services on 19 June 1944. The station served Iron Acton village and was sited to the south west of it. It consisted of a single platform face and a large wooden station building. A freight-only branch serving an iron mine in Frampton Cotterell connected at the station. This closed in 1872 and a truncated section of this route served as a coal depot until closure on 10 June 1963. The station was demolished in the 1960s. The part-remains of the platform survive, as does a crossing-keeper's cottage to the south of the station site. In mid 2013, the line beyond Yate Middle Jn was placed 'Out of Use', due to the mothballing of the quarry at Tytherington. However the line has since reopened with the resumption of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tytherington Railway Station
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Places in the United Kingdom known as Tytherington: *Tytherington, Cheshire *Tytherington, Gloucestershire * Tytherington, Somerset, near Frome *Tytherington, Wiltshire Tytherington is a small village in Wiltshire, in the southwest of England. It lies on the south side of the Wylye valley, about southeast of the town of Warminster and southwest of the larger village of Heytesbury. Most of the village is now pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
