| HER Number (PRN): | 05169 |
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| Name: | London & North Western Railway (Coalport Branch) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY (Opened, Mid 19th century - 1861 AD to 1861 AD)
Summary
Coalport Branch Railway (later part LNWR) opened 1860 with station called Madeley Market, terminating at Coalport East station.
| Parish: | Dawley Hamlets, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Great Dawley, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Hadley & Leegomery, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Hollinswood and Randlay, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Lawley and Overdale, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Madeley, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Oakengates, Telford and Wrekin |
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| St George's and Priorslee, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Stirchley and Brookside, Telford and Wrekin |
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| The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ60NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 6903 0716 |
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Related records
| 32901 | Parent of: Coalport Railway Station (East) (London & North Western Railway, Coalport Branch) (Monument) |
| 32947 | Parent of: Dawley & Stirchley Railway Station (London & North Western Railway; London Midland and Scottish Railways; British Railways) (Monument) |
| 33535 | Parent of: Malins Lee Station (London and North Western Railway; London Midland & Scottish Railway; British Railways.) (Building) |
| 08462 | Part of: Shropshire Union of Railways & Canals line (Shrewsbury to Stafford) (Monument) |
| 05170 | Related to: Madeley Market railway station, London & North Western Railway; London Midland & Scottish Railway; British Railways (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA6396 - 2009 DBA and site walkover at Southwater Core, Telford by WSP
Description
Coalport Branch Railway (later part LNWR) opened 1860 with station called Madeley Market, terminating at Coalport East station. Closed for passengers in 1952, closed entirely 1960 <1>
CMHTS Comment:- Railway line survives as cuttings and embankments. Field investigation November 1994 showed railway viaduct and bridge now remodelled as footpath <2>
CMHTS Report <3>
This LNWR branch was the first to reach the north river bank at Coalport. It ran from a junction off the LNWR's Stafford line at Hadley, down through Oakengates, along the route of the former Shropshire Canal and on down Lee Dingle to Coalport. There were considerable challenges to the chief engineer (Errington) during the construction of the line, because of the steep gradients and unstable ground (especially south of Madeley). However, the line opened for both goods and passenger traffic in 1861. The station at Coalport was just across the river from the Great Western's Severn Valley line station, and there were plans to build a bridge across the Severn to link the two, but they came to nothing. <4>
The Coalport Branch Railway opened from Hadley Junction on the Wellington and Stafford line to Coalport via Oakengates. The line was built along a converted section of the Shropshire Union Canal to a point near Dawley, then followed an independent route to Coalport, reached in 1861. It was single with loops at Oakengates and Dawley. Partly closed in 1960 and entirely in 1964. <5>
Sources
| [01] | SSA1516 - Manuscript: Baugh G C (ed). 1998. Victoria County History 10 (draft). p27. |
| [02] | SSA19969 - Record form: Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Lydham to Market Drayton. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 6. Madeley 5169. |
| [03] | SSA12074 - Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Madeley, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 329. |
| [04] | SSA20232 - Monograph: Morriss Richard K. 1991. Railways of Shropshire. p.29. |
| [05] | SSA31567 - Volume: Christiansen R. 1973. Forgotten Railways: The West Midlands. Forgotten Railways. 10. pp.158,271. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 19 2023 8:53PM |
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