Pickburn is a

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, England, close to the village of

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and

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History

The hamlet appears to get its name from the small stream "Pick Burn" (or river Pick) which flows through it on its way to

Highfields Lake Highfields Lake is an ornamental lake in the Woodlands wildlife park at Highfields, north of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is filled by the Pick Burn, which then flows on to join the River Don as Bentley Mill Stream. The lake was ...

, in the

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wildlife park. At the time of Kirkby's Inquest, Pickburn was held by the Wasteneys and the Lyvets. The Lyvets (

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), who gave their name to the nearby hamlet of

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, later held

Roche Abbey Roche Abbey is a now-ruined abbey in the civil parish of Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is in the valley of Maltby Dyke, known locally as Maltby Beck, and is administered by English Heritage. It is a scheduled monument and Gr ...

by inheritance from the FitzTurgis (later de Wickersley) family. There was a

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a few yards south of the hamlet named ' Pickburn and Brodsworth', which was on a branch of the Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway, the last substantial completely new railway built in

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. The halt was opened on 1 December 1894 and, although it was closed to passengers in February 1903, remained open for freight until 30 September 1963.Subterranea Britannica site, with photographs
/ref> No evidence now remains of the station's existence.

References

External links

Map of the Hull and Barnsley Railway showing the position of Pickburn Station, Hull & Barnsley Railway Stock Fund site
Hamlets in South Yorkshire Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub