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HER Number (PRN):05370
Name:Railway station, Albrighton
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

A mid 19th century railway station.

Parish:Albrighton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ80SW
Grid Reference:SJ 8185 0450

Related records

17683Parent of: Railway Station and Footbridge, Station Road, Albrighton (Building)
05371Related to: Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway (Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton) (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Contains listed footbridge and station building (PRN 17682, PRN 17683) but also goods yard etc. shown on 1892 map <1>

The Shrewsbury to Birmingham line was opened in 1849 <2>

CMHTS Record Sheet <3>

CMHTS Report <4>

Albrighton Station opened on 12/11/1849. Two platformed station E of underbridge with its own access road. Simple brick buildings with the main ones on the S platform. Canopies and ornate GWR-pattern footbridge added 1888. Goods yard and loco shed to E and S. <6>

Photographs taken 24th July 2017. The goods yard and loco shed have now gone. <7>

Sources

[01]SSA11431 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1882. OS County Series 44.12, 1882. OS County Series. 44.12. 1:2500.
[02]SSA11427 - Historic landscape survey report: Watson Michael D. 1988. Albrighton; Historic and Archaeological Features.
[03]SSA19964 - Record form: Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Acton Burnell to Bishop's Castle. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 1. Albrighton 5370.
[04]SSA12062 - Historic landscape survey report: Buteux Victoria et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Albrighton, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 294.
[05]SSA23518 - Monograph: Newman J & Pevsner N. 2006. Buildings of England: Shropshire. Buildings of England. P109.
[06]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 3.
[07]SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 27/07/2017.
Date Last Edited:May 24 2023 11:31AM

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