| HER Number (PRN): | 33099 |
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| Name: | Nesscliffe & Pentre Railway Station (Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway, Shropshire & Montgomeryshire (Light) Railway |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY STATION (Mid 19th century to 20th century (inter-war) - 1866 AD to 1933 AD)
Summary
Railway station opened 13th August 1866 and closed 6th November 1933. It remained in Goods until 29th February 1960. '& Pentre' added 1st June 1913.
| Parish: | Great Ness, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Kinnerley, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ31NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 36928 17780 |
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Related records
| 08453 | Part of: Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway (the Potts Railway) (Monument) |
| 08006 | Part of: Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Originally had two stone platforms S of level crossing of minor lane quite a distance fron Nesscliffe village. E platform removed after 1867 singling of the line. Brick station building renovated and reused by S&M. Crossing keeper's cottage to E. Small yard and cattle pens to S. Retained loop line. <1>
Shown on 2nd edition of Ordnance survey 1:2500 map. Shows station building to W of railway line. Crossing Keeper's cottage to N. <2>
Railway line and station buildings have gone. Crossing Keeper's cottage appears to be still in existence although much enlarged. <3>
Site of railway station on the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Light Railway, opened in 1911, closed to passengers in 1933 and entirely in 1960. <4>
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 98. |
| [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 -2017. Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current). Colour. ECW. 1:2500. |
| [04] | SSA31555 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 2020 onwards. NRHE: National Record of the Historic Environment. HOB UID 500961. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 8 2021 11:36AM |
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