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HER Number	MWB22737
Record Type	Monument
Name	Site of a railway turntable, Hungerford railway station

Grid Reference	SU 342 684
Map Sheet	SU36NW
Parish	Hungerford, West Berkshire
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Summary

Former location of a late 19th century railway turntable, removed by the early 20th century

Monument Type(s):

RAILWAY TURNTABLE (Late 19th century to Early 20th century - 1871 AD to 1925 AD)

Full Description

A railway turn table is marked to the east of Hungerford railway station on the First and Second Edition OS maps of 1879-85 <1> and 1899-1900 <2>, respectively, although it is not named as such on the latter. It was no longer present by the time of the Third Edition map of 1911-24 <3>.

Hungerford railway station was originally built as the terminus of the Berks and Hants Railway in 1847 and was converted to a through station after the opening of the Berks and Hants Extension Railway in 1862 <4>.

Sources and further reading

<01>	Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Turn Table'. [Map / SWB14341]
<02>	Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked, but not named. [Map / SWB14455]
<03>	Landmark. 1912-24. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 3, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 25 inches to a mile. Not marked. [Map / SWB14456]
<04>	Simmonds, P. 2014. A history of the Berks and Hants line Reading to Westbury. [Monograph / SWB148853]

Related Monuments

MWB6066	Hungerford Station (GWR) (Monument)
MWB6065	KINTBURY TO HUNGERFORD STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

None recorded

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