| HER Number (PRN): | 33226 |
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| Name: | Park Hall Halt (Great Western Railway, British Railways) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY STATION (20th century (inter-war) to 20th century (post-war) - 1926 AD to 1966 AD)
Summary
A railway halt opened 20th September 1926 and closed 7th November 1966.
| Parish: | Oswestry Rural, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ33SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 30270 32211 |
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Related records
| 05779 | Part of: Shrewsbury, Oswestry & Chester Junction Railway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Single cindered wooden platform under an overbridge and reached by its own access path. Small shelter. Built to serve nearby Orthopaedic Hospital. <1>
Shown on Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, 1937-61. <2>
Gobowen to Oswestry branch line still in existence but now not in use. Halt extremely overgrown and all that remains are the two posts that held the name board and a possible gas lamp standard. Photographs taken 17th July 2017. <3>
Statement of significance prepared in a Conservation Management Plan for Cambrian Railways in 2005. Timber-edged platform and uprights for the halt name-board identified as extant, together with a lamp standard. <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 110. |
| [02] | SSA26788 - Webpage: Old Maps. Old Maps Historic Mapping website. http://www.old-maps.co.uk/. |
| [03] | SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 31/08/2017. |
| [04] | SSA31451 - Deskbased survey report: Donald Insall Associates Ltd/Govannon Consultancy. 2005. Cambrian Railways: Conservation management plan. Donald Insall Associates Rep. R/3/0901. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 25 2021 11:57AM |
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