| HER Number (PRN): | 05220 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury to Wellington joint SBR/SURC section of railway |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Wellington |
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Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY (Opened, Mid 19th century - 1849 AD to 1849 AD)
Summary
Railway line of 19th century date, from Shrewsbury to Wellington opened 1849 jointly by Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Co.
| Parish: | Uffington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Upton Magna, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Wellington, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ51SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 5766 1217 |
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Related records
| 32910 | Parent of: Admaston Railway Station (Shrewsbury to Wellington joint SBR/SURC section of railway) (Monument) |
| 17209 | Parent of: Bridge No 438 (Belvidere Bridge), Uffington (Building) |
| 10126 | Parent of: Shrewsbury Railway Station, Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury (Building) |
| 33227 | Parent of: Site of Upton Magna station (Shrewsbury & Birmingham/Shropshire Union of Railways, Great Western Railways/London & North Western Railways, LMS, BR) (Monument) |
| 05221 | Parent of: Wellington Railway Station (Monument) |
| 05221 | Related to: Wellington Railway Station (Monument) |
| 05371 | Part of: Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway (Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton) (Monument) |
| 08462 | Part of: Shropshire Union of Railways & Canals line (Shrewsbury to Stafford) (Monument) |
| 05221 | Parent of: Wellington Railway Station (Monument) |
| 05221 | Related to: Wellington Railway Station (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Railway line from Shrewsbury to Wellington opened 1849 jointly by Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Co. (later G.W.R.) and Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Co. (later LNWR) with station at Wellington. Lines opened also in 1849 to Wolverhampton (S.B.R.C.) and Stafford (S.U.R.C.C) <1>
CMHTS Record Sheet <2>
CMHTS Report <3>
The Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway (SBR) scheme was approved by Parliament in 1846. It was a revised version of one of two rival plans (thrown out by Parliament the year before) put forward by the Grand Junction Railway and the London & Birmingham Railway, which had since merged to become the London & North Western Railway (LNWR), henceforth the chief rival of the Shrewsbury & Birmingham. The line was only authorised between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. The section into Birmingham was to be built by a separate company, the Stour Valley Railway Company, which was jointly controlled by the SBR, LNWR and Birmingham Canal Company. ->
-> The section of line between Shrewsbury and Wellington, which was double-tracked, was built jointly by the SBR and the Shropshire Union of Railways & Canals (SURC), who were building a line to Stafford [see PRN 08462]. The contractor working on this section was Thomas Brassey, who was the pre-eminent railway contractor of his day and who also worked on the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway. Stephenson also acted as consultant engineer to the SBR, and his pupil, William Baker, acted as engineer for both the SBR and the SURC. This section of line opened in June 1849. ->
-> The SBR became part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1854, and the SURC came under the control of the London & North Western Railway. There was intense rivalry between these two major companies at the beginning of the 1850s, but a series of agreements led to successful track sharing on this stretch of line. <4>
Sources
| [01] | SSA2707 - Volume: Baugh G C (ed). 1985. Victoria County History Volume XI: Telford. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol XI. p203. |
| [02] | SSA19973 - Record form: Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Stottesdon and Wellington. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 10. Wellington 5220. |
| [03] | SSA12086 - Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Wellington, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 350. |
| [04] | SSA20232 - Monograph: Morriss Richard K. 1991. Railways of Shropshire. p11-12,14,35. |
| [05] | SSA23641 - Article in monograph: Lee J. 1984. Cherry Orchard: the growth of a Victorian suburb. Victorian Shrewsbury. Trinder B. p114-129. |
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2022 10:40AM |
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