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Ollerton Railway Station
Ollerton railway station is a former railway station in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England. History The station was opened by the LD&ECR in 1896 and closed to local passenger traffic in 1955, though Summer holiday excursions to and from the East Coast continued to call until September 1964. The station, goods shed and signalbox were built to standard LD&ECR patterns. Large water tanks were erected at both ends of the site. Former Services There never was a Sunday service at Ollerton. Two services called at Ollerton in 1922: Three trains per day plied between Chesterfield Market Place and Lincoln with a market day extra on Fridays between Langwith Junction and Lincoln. All these trains called at all stations. The truncated remains of this service ended in September 1955. Three trains per day terminated at Ollerton from Nottingham Victoria via Mansfield Central then went back again half an hour or so later. This service was later cut back to Edwinstowe. A fourth train ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ollerton
Ollerton is a town in the Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries. It forms part of the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton. OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): The population of this civil parish at the 2011 census was 9,840. History Ollerton is a settlement listed in Domesday Book, located in the Bassetlaw Wapentake or hundred in the county of Nottinghamshire at a crossing of the River Maun. In 1086 it had a recorded population of 15 households, and is listed in the Domesday Book under two owners. Formerly a rural village with a tradition of hop-growing centred on the parish church of St Giles the settlement has its origins at a point where three main routes cross. The A614 linking Nottingham north through Sherwood Forest to Blyth, Nottinghamshire and on to the large minster town of Doncaster; the A6075 linking Mansfield with the ferry crossing of the River Trent at Dunham-on-Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farnsfield
Farnsfield is a large village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest. It is in the local government district of Newark and Sherwood. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 Census was 2,731, an increase from 2,681 in the United Kingdom Census 2001. The village lies in a predominantly farming area. There is no major industry or employer within Farnsfield. The majority of residents of working age commute to work, mostly to Nottingham, Mansfield or Newark. Farnsfield's facilities include a small Co-op supermarket and Post Office, a village bakery, butcher, greengrocer, and other small shops. The village has two churches (Anglican and Methodist), a large primary school, and two public houses (The Plough Inn and The Lion). The Southwell Trail, a former railway line dating to 1842 and now adapted as a multi-user route for foot, cycle and horseback use, passes immediately to the north of the village. A free car park for the trail is located off Station Lane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trains Illustrated
''Modern Railways'' is a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry which was published by Ian Allan until March 2012, and Key Publishing since then. It has been published since 1962. The magazine was originally based in Shepperton, Middlesex. It has always been targeted at both railway professionals and serious amateurs, an aim which derives from its origins as an amalgamation of the enthusiast magazine ''Trains Illustrated'' and the industry journal ''The Locomotive'' in the hands of its first editor Geoffrey Freeman Allen. It is currently edited by Philip Sherratt after the retirement of James Abbott. Regular contributors include Roger Ford, Ian Walmsley, Alan Williams and Tony Miles. The large section regularly written by Roger Ford is called ‘Informed Sources’. That by Ian Walmsley is called ‘Pan Up’. Trains Illustrated The first edition of ''Trains Illustrated'' was published at the beginning of 1946. Due to post-war paper shortages issues 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anston
Anston is a civil parish in South Yorkshire, England, formally known as North and South Anston. The parish of Anston consists of the settlements of North Anston and South Anston, divided by the Anston Brook. History Anston, first recorded as ''Anestan'' is from the Old English ''āna stān'', meaning "single or solitary stone". In the Domesday Book (1086) North and South Anston (''Anestan'' and ''Litelanstan'') were both held by Roger de Busli. South Anston was an ancient parish in the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was a large parish, also known as Anston cum Membris, which also included North Anston and the township of Woodsetts. When civil parishes were created in 1866, Woodsetts became a separate civil parish and the remaining part of the parish became the civil parish of North and South Anston. In 1974 the parish was transferred to the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in the new county of South Yorkshire. The original intere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clophill
Clophill is a village and civil parish clustered on the north bank of the River Flit, Bedfordshire, England. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Clopelle''. "Clop" likely means 'tree-stump' in Old English. However, it also has cognate terms for clay, with which the soil of mid Bedfordshire is rich. Extent and demography In the 1851 census, the men of the parish numbered 560; of these, 238 were agricultural labourers; women numbered. In the 2011 Census the population was 1,750. The contiguous housing of Clophill Road and its side streets falls into the civil and ecclesiastical parishes of Maulden. Church St Mary's old church The old St Mary's Church was built around 1350, and replaced by a new church in the 1840s (250 m SSW). It gradually fell into ruin, and as an inactive church, had restoration carried out for secular purposes in the early 2010s. Active churches The new St Mary's church is in the High Street, built 1848–1849. The current rector i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boughton (Nottinghamshire) Railway Station
Boughton railway station served the village of Boughton in Nottinghamshire, England from 1897 to 1955 when it was closed. It has since been razed to the ground. Context The station was opened by the LD&ECR on its main line from to Lincoln. The LD&ECR was taken over by the GCR in 1907 and subsequently became part of the LNER in 1923 then British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The platforms were wooden, similar to the high level platforms at Dukeries Junction. The stationmaster's house was characteristic of the line, but the station buildings were not, they appear to have been made of wood, ''Picture the Past'' but on another page Dow himself says otherwise. The line crossed a series of ridges between river valleys. From |
Edwinstowe Railway Station
Edwinstowe railway station is a former railway station in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, England. History The station was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in 1896 and closed by British Railways on 2 January 1956, though the last train ran on 31 December 1955. The station was envisaged as the centre of the line's passenger traffic and was one of only three to have a Refreshment room, the others being and . The station buildings and signalbox followed the company's standard modular architecture pattern. Context From the line entered the valley of the River Maun with Sherwood Forest visible to the north. This was, and is, an area known as The Dukeries, heavily promoted in the railway's literature in the hope of attracting tourist trade. This never materialised in LD&ECR days, but the success of the modern-day Center Parcs near to Edwinstowe suggests the company had the right idea at the wrong time. Former Services There never was a Sunday servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsop Railway Station
Warsop railway station is a former railway station in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England. History The station was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed by British Railways in 1955. The station building made use of the LD&ECR's standard modular architecture. After leaving Shirebrook North station, the line crossed the Midland Nottingham to Worksop line (now the Robin Hood Line and passed the LD&ECR Warsop yard near Warsop Junction. These yards are still in use, currently by DB Cargo UK. To the north was a branch to Warsop Main Colliery with extensive marshalling yards, now closed. Shortly after this, in the days when the line was built, the line ran into countryside, crossing Warsop Vale, and arrived at Warsop station. These were in the days before the deep mines appeared penetrating the limestone cap. Between Warsop and Edwinstowe the line climbed from the valley of the River Meden, heading for that of the River Maun. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hood Line
The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire, in the United Kingdom. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in Derbyshire. Passenger services are operated by East Midlands Railway. The line in its present form opened to passengers in stages between 1993 and 1998. Following the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, the line had been freight-only. The cuts had left Mansfield as one of the largest towns in Britain without a railway station. History The majority of the current Robin Hood Line re-uses the former Midland Railway (MR) route from Nottingham to Worksop. However, due to rationalisation leading to track removal in order to save the costs of maintaining the tunnel north of Annesley, the through route was severed in the 1970s. Northwards from Nottingham, the freight-only line remained intact as far as Newstead, where it had served the now closed Newstead Colliery. Southwards from Worksop, the line followed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dukeries Junction Railway Station
Dukeries Junction, originally Tuxford Exchange, was a railway station near Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England. The station opened in 1897 and closed in 1950. It was located at the bridge where the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway crossed over the East Coast Main Line (ECML), with sets of platforms on both lines. The high-level location is now part of the High Marnham Test Track. Variations There were three Tuxford stations, though none was very near the centre of the town. They were: *Dukeries Junction, at the bridge carrying the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway over the Great Northern Railway main line, *, one mile west of the bridge over the ECML, and *, half a mile north of the bridge over the ECML. Context The station was jointly opened by the LD&ECR and GNR on 1 June 1897. It was originally called "Tuxford Exchange", being situated where the LD&ECR's main line from Chesterfield Market Place to Lincoln (later Lincoln Central) crossed over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuxford Central Railway Station
Tuxford Central railway station is a former railway station in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England. See also There were three Tuxford stations, though none was very near the centre of the town. They were: *Tuxford Central, the subject of this article * Dukeries Junction, the next station east, about a mile away, and * Tuxford North, about a mile to the north east on a different line. The positions of the three stations are most easily seen on the "External Links", below. Context The station was opened by the LD&ECR on its main line from Chesterfield Market Place to Lincoln. The LD&ECR was taken over by the GCR in 1907 and subsequently became part of the LNER in 1923 then British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station buildings were in the company's standard modular architecture, very similar to Edwinstowe and Bolsover South. Of the LD&ECR stations only Tuxford Central and Dukeries Junction were recorded as being electrically lit, the others being lit by gas or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boughton Railway Station
Boughton is the name of station under construction on the Northampton & Lamport Railway, which is built on the former Northampton to Market Harborough line. It is situated at the southern end of line adjacent to the former Boughton level crossing on the A5199. It is likely that Boughton will be the terminus of the railway for some time as to replace the level crossing will require large amounts of time and money. The station consists of a platform and run-round loop, with associated signalling controlled from a new signal box which was formerly installed at Betley Road near Crewe. Adjacent to the station site iThe Windhoverpub. The "Brampton View" care village for the elderly opened in 2008. Boughton Crossing is also the southern end of the Brampton Valley Way, part of which has been diverted to make room for the passing loop at the station. External linksExtension South progressfrom Northampton & Lamport Railway The Northampton and Lamport Railway is a standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
