Rockingham railway station was a railway station in
Leicestershire
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, England just south of
Caldecott, Rutland
Caldecott is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The civil parish population was 256 at the 2001 census increasing to 269 at the 2011 census. It is located about four miles (6.4 km) south of Uppingham and ...
. Despite being in Leicestershire and closest to Caldecott, it was named after the village of
Rockingham, Northamptonshire
Rockingham is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. Close to the border of Leicestershire and Rutland, the village is largely connected to the town of Corby where various local organisations utilise the ''Rockingham'' na ...
, which although one mile distant and smaller than Caldecott, was named because of the proximity location to
Rockingham Castle
Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest approximately two miles north from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire.
History 11th – 14th centuries
The site on which the castle stands was used in t ...
.
The station opened in 1850¿
as part of the
single track
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Rugby and Stamford Railway
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line of the
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom.
In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...
(although it joined the
Midland Railway
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at
Luffenham). In 1873 the line was
doubled and became part of a new
Rugby
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to
Peterborough East
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route.
The
Great Northern Railway also provided trains between 1880 and 1916.
At
grouping
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See also ...
in 1923 it became part of the
London Midland and Scottish Railway
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.
Following the closure of the station, the station building itself has now become a private residence, to the south of the village of Caldecott. The stations coal shed is still standing. The Castle Inn, public house in the vicinity, has photographs of the station showing it during usage.
References
Disused railway stations in Leicestershire
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Beeching closures in England
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