| HER Number (PRN): | 32871 |
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| Name: | Woofferton Junction Railway Station (Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY STATION (20th century (inter-war) to 20th century (post-war) - 1930 AD to 1963 AD)
- HOUSE (20th century (post-war) to 21st century - 1970 AD? to 2099 AD)
Summary
A railway station opened in 1861 and closed in 1961.
| Parish: | Richard's Castle, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO56NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 51433 68367 |
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Related records
| 05407 | Part of: Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway (Monument) |
| 05093 | Part of: Tenbury Railway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Woofferton Junction station opened on 1/8/1861 and closed 31/7/1961. Two platformed station opened as the junction station for the new Tenbury Railway. Just N of overbridge. Main buildings in rather plain brick on E side, with a waiting room on the W. Small goods yard. <1>
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, incuding platforms, weighing machine, signal point, signal box, sidings, mile post and possible footpath. <2>
Main station building and track survive (building converted to residential usage). <3>
Photographs taken 26th June 2017. By this time the station itself had been demolished with the station building becoming residential. Many of the buildings in the station yard had become commercial premises. <4>
<01> Morriss Richard K, 1985, A gazetteer of passenger railway stations in Shropshire, No 155 (Article in serial). SSA29132.
<02> Ordnance Survey, c1899-1903, OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset (Map). SSA20952.
<03> Getmapping plc, 2012, Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current) (Vertical aerial photograph). SSA24179.
<04> Haynes J B, 2014 onwards, Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler, 13/07/2017 (SMR comment). SSA27226.
Sources
| [01] | 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 155. |
| [02] | SSA20952 - Map: Ordnance Survey. c1899-1903. OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset. OS County Series. |
| [03] | SSA24179 - Vertical aerial photograph: Getmapping plc. 2012. Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current). Colour. ECW. 1:2500. |
| [04] | SSA27226 - SMR comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 13/07/2017. |
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 7 2017 2:20PM |
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