| HER Number (PRN): | 08457 |
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| Name: | The Potts Railway (Nantmawr Branch) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Llanymynech Village and Heritage Area |
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Monument Type(s):
- MINERAL RAILWAY (Opened, Mid 19th century - 1866 AD? to 1866 AD)
- RAILWAY (Opened, Mid 19th century - 1872 AD to 1872 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a railway of 19th century date, a mineral railway of probable 19th century date.
| Parish: | Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Llanymynech and Pant, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ22SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 2597 2246 |
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Related records
| 32914 | Parent of: Blodwell Juntion Railway Station (Tanat Valley Light Railway Station) (Monument) |
| 08453 | Part of: Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway (the Potts Railway) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Branch of the struggling Potts Railway, originally a mineral line up to Nantmawr quarries, which was opened to passenger traffic in 1872. The Potts closed in 1880, at which point Cambrian Railways took over the Nantmawr Branch. In 1896 they built a spur of line to connect it to their own Llanfyllin Branch, thus removing the need for their trains to reverse at Llanymynech. From 1904 the line was also used to run Tanat Valley line trains south from Blodwell Junction. ->
-> When the Potts was revived as a light railway in 1911-12 by the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, they tried but failed to recover the Nantmawr Branch from Cambrian Railways <1>
Sources
| [01] | SSA20232 - Monograph: Morriss Richard K. 1991. Railways of Shropshire. p37,44-45. |
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 7 2020 9:11AM |
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