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HER Number (PRN):05327
Name:Shifnal railway station
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:Conservation Area: Shifnal

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Shifnal station, on the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Branch of the Great Western Railway, opened 12/11/1849.

Parish:Shifnal, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ70NE
Grid Reference:SJ 7519 0763

Related records

05371Related to: Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway (Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton) (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA5987 - 2005 Evaluation at Shifnal Squash Club by Castlering Archaeology

Description

On Shrewsbury & Birmingham Branch of Great Western Railway <1>

Includes large embanked area and access road. Enlarged since 1882 <2>

CMHTS Record Sheet <3>
CMHTS Report <4>

An evaluation carried out on land at the former Shifnal Squash Club south of the station concluded that the construction of the railway viaduct and other 19th century development would have required considerable rebuilding work in the immediate area which had obliterated any earlier archaeology on the site. <5>

Shifnal Station opened on 12/11/1849. Two platformed station just E of magnificent viaduct overlooking the town centre. Planish brick building with the main ones N of the line. Platforms reached by steps from road level. A simple shelter on the S platform. Footbridge added c.1890s. Original canopies have been removed. Elegant cast iron overbridge of 1849 to W was removed in 1954 and replaced by present girder bridge. <6>

Photographs taken 24th July 2017. <7>


<01> Ordnance Survey, 1887, OS County Series 44.01, 1887 (Map). SSA10225.


<02> Ordnance Survey, 1882, OS County Series 44.05, 1882 (Map). SSA11662.


<03> Buteux Victoria, 1993/ 1996, CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Quatford to Shifnal, Shifnal 5327 (Record form). SSA19972.


<04> Buteux Victoria et al, 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Shifnal, Shropshire (CMHTS) (Historic landscape survey report). SSA12082.


<05> Frost Pat, 2005, Land at Shifnal Squash Club: Archaeological Evaluation (Excavation report). SSA22386.


<06> Morriss Richard K, 1985, A gazetteer of passenger railway stations in Shropshire, No 126 (Article in serial). SSA29132.


<07> Haynes J B, 2014 onwards, Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler, 27/07/2017 (SMR comment). SSA27226.

Sources

[01]SSA10225 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1887. OS County Series 44.01, 1887. OS County Series. 44.01. 1:2500.
[02]SSA11662 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1882. OS County Series 44.05, 1882. OS County Series. 44.05. 1:2500.
[03]SSA19972 - Record form: Buteux Victoria. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Quatford to Shifnal. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 9. Shifnal 5327.
[04]SSA12082 - Historic landscape survey report: Buteux Victoria et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Shifnal, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 343.
[05]SSA22386 - Excavation report: Frost Pat. 2005. Land at Shifnal Squash Club: Archaeological Evaluation. Castlering Archaeol Rep. 210.
[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 126.
[07]SSA27226 - SMR comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 27/07/2017.
Date Last Edited:Nov 17 2017 3:06PM

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