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HHER Number:5545
Type of record:Building
Name:RYE HOUSE RAILWAY STATION, HODDESDON

Summary

19th century station on 1843 railway line

Grid Reference:TL 384 097
Map Sheet:TL30NE
Parish:Broxbourne (Non Civil Parish), Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • RAILWAY STATION (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Railway station, formerly GER (Hertford branch). Small brick station office on up platform, 2 curved platforms recently lengthened, short wooden canopies on wooden pillars, 2 tracks and bay, steps to road bridge at N end of station <1>. Only the platforms remain; the station buildings have been demolished and replaced by modern metal and plastic structures <2>. This station served the pleasure gardens at Rye House [12664] in the later 19th century.


<1> Branch Johnson, W, Survey of Industrial Monuments in Herts, Record 3400 (Oct 1965) (Index). SHT2635.


<2> Wild, Sarah (HCC), 1994, Survey, 20.4.94 (Unpublished document). SHT9650.

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: Branch Johnson, W. Survey of Industrial Monuments in Herts. Record 3400 (Oct 1965).
<2>Unpublished document: Wild, Sarah (HCC). 1994. Survey. 20.4.94.