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HER Number (PRN):32911
Name:All Stretton Halt (Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway)
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • RAILWAY STATION (20th century (inter-war) to 20th century (post-war) - 1930 AD to 1958 AD)

Summary

All Stretton Halt opened in 1930 and closed in 1958.

Parish:All Stretton, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO49NE
Grid Reference:SO 46356 95109

Related records

05407Related to: Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

All Stretton Halt opened in c.1930 and closed 4/1/1943; opened again on 6/5/1946 and closed 9/6/1958. Simple Halt of two wooden platforms and shelters just E of village. Closed for three years as a wartime economy. Unstaffed. <1>

Shown on Ordnance Survey 1:2.500 map from 1937, including wooden platforms, overbridge and shelters. <2>

Overbridge and track survive. <3>

Photograph taken 26th June 2017. <4>

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 4.
[02]SSA26788 - Webpage: Old Maps. Old Maps Historic Mapping website. http://www.old-maps.co.uk/.
[03]SSA24179 - Vertical aerial photograph: Getmapping plc. 2012 -2017. Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current). Colour. ECW. 1:2500.
[04]SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 11/10/2017.
Date Last Edited:Feb 24 2022 4:59PM