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HER Number (PRN):	32917
Name:	Site of Chapel Lane Halt (The Potts Railway - Criggion Branch)
Type of Record:	Monument
Protected Status:	None recorded

Monument Type(s):

RAILWAY STATION (20th century (inter-war) - 1920 AD to 1933 AD)

Summary

A railway halt opened in 1920 and closed in 1933.

Parish:	Melverley, Oswestry, Shropshire
Map Sheet:	SJ31NW
Grid Reference:	SJ 33194 18228

Related records

08456

Part of: The Potts Railway (Criggion Branch) (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Chapel Lane halt opened on ?/8/1920 and closed on 6/11/1933. Unstaffed Halt with very basic facilities just N of Melverley on a minor country lane on the Criggion branch line. <1>

Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, incuding track and platform. <2>

Track and platform have been removed. <3>

Nothing survives on site. <4>

<01> Morriss Richard K, 1985, A gazetteer of passenger railway stations in Shropshire, No 17 (Article in serial). SSA29132.

<02> Ordnance Survey, c1899-1903, OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset (Map). SSA20952.

<03> Getmapping plc, 2012, Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current) (Vertical aerial photograph). SSA24179.

<04> Google, Varied, Google Maps, StreetView (Webpage). SSA23884.

Sources

[01]	SSA29132 - Article in serial: Morriss Richard K. 1985. A gazetteer of passenger railway stations in Shropshire. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. 64. pp.89-105. No 17.
[02]	SSA20952 - Map: Ordnance Survey. c1899-1903. OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset. OS County Series.
[03]	SSA24179 - Vertical aerial photograph: Getmapping plc. 2012. Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current). Colour. ECW. 1:2500.
[04]	SSA23884 - Webpage: Google. Varied. Google Maps. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl. N/A. StreetView.

Date Last Edited:	Nov 15 2017 4:01PM

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