| HER Number (PRN): | 05221 |
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| Name: | Wellington Railway Station |
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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 STATION (Opened, Mid 19th century to 21st century - 1849 AD to 2099 AD)
Summary
A railway station on the Shrewsbury to Wellington joint SBR/SURC section of railway, opened 1/6/1849.
| Parish: | Wellington, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ61SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 6503 1167 |
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Related records
| 05220 | Part of: Shrewsbury to Wellington joint SBR/SURC section of railway (Monument) |
| 05220 | Related to: Shrewsbury to Wellington joint SBR/SURC section of railway (Monument) |
| 05220 | Part of: Shrewsbury to Wellington joint SBR/SURC section of railway (Monument) |
| 05220 | Related to: Shrewsbury to Wellington joint SBR/SURC section of railway (Monument) |
| 32490 | Related to: Wellington Station, Station Road, Wellington (Building) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Wellington Railway Station, opened 1849 <1>
Full extent of sidings, goods sheds etc. shown on OS map 1882 <2>
CMHTS Record Sheet <3>
CMHTS Report <4>
Picture of Wellington station shortly after its opening. <5>
Wellington Station opened on 1/6/1849. Originally a single low platform S of the line, but rapidly expanded in the early 1860s into an important junction station. Main building on original platform in rather plain dull red brick. Platform added to N which soon became an island platform catering for branch and through main line trains. Double bay also added at E end of S platform. Buildings on N platform were in simple blue brick. Both sets of building were given elaborate iron and glass canopies, and a footbridge was added c. 1890s. Between the two platforms are four running lines. There was also a loco shed by the station. The main goods yard was 1/2 mile to the W beyond a steep cutting in Queen Street. Wellington is no longer a passenger junction. <6>
Photographs taken 12th September 2017. <7>
Sources
| [01] | SSA2707 - Volume: Baugh G C (ed). 1985. Victoria County History Volume XI: Telford. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol XI. p203. |
| [02] | SSA10163 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1882. OS County Series 36.09, 1882. OS County Series. 36.09. 1:2500. |
| [03] | SSA19973 - Record form: Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Stottesdon and Wellington. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 10. Wellington 5221. |
| [04] | SSA12086 - Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Wellington, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 350. |
| [05] | SSA20232 - Monograph: Morriss Richard K. 1991. Railways of Shropshire. p10. |
| [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 143. |
| [07] | SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 23/11/2017. |
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2022 10:40AM |
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