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| HER Number | MWB6044 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | TILEHURST TO PANGBOURNE STATION RAILWAY LINE |
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| Grid Reference | SU 653 759 |
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| Map Sheet | SU67NE |
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| Parish | Purley on Thames, West Berkshire |
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| Pangbourne, West Berkshire |
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| Tilehurst, West Berkshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
Section of Great Western railway line from Reading to Oxford
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05053.10.000
- National Monuments Record No.: LINEAR 900
Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY (Victorian to Late 19th century - 1840 AD to 1900 AD)
Full Description
The length of the Great Western Railway from Paddington to Bath and Bristol that ran across Berkshire was open by 1840. In c 1892 this section of the mainline was quadrupled to four tracks <5>.
Sources and further reading
| --- | 1841. Pangbourne Tithe Map. Provisional route shown. [Map / SWB147982]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DD1%2f91%2f1 (Accessed 10/02/2022) |
| <01> | Berkshire Local History Association. 1994. Berkshire Old and New No 11. 11. The Great Western Railway comes to Purley by John Chapman. [Article in serial / SWB14439] |
| <02> | Network Rail. 2012. New Hill Overbridge, Purley on Thames - Partial Demolition of Existing Overbridge and Reconstruction. Archaeological Record. Network Rail ref TCP10/006. [Unpublished document / SWB148484] |
| <03> | Greenaway, D. 2007. Around the Valley of the Pang. p150. [Monograph / SWB147222] |
| <04> | Various. 1738-1858. Berkshire Enclosure Maps - online as New Landscapes. http://www.berkshirenclosure.org.uk. Purley 1853. [Map / SWB14663]
http://www.berkshirenclosure.org.uk (Accessed 08/02/2022) |
| <05> | Alan Baxter & Associates LLP. 2012. Great Western Main Line Route Structures Gazetteer. WBC Network. MLN1 4143. [Unpublished document / SWB148447]
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/gwml-gazetteer/ (Accessed 21/12/2015) |
Related Monuments
| MWB20287 | Bourne Road underbridge, Pangbourne (Monument) |
| MWB20286 | Footpath underbridge west of Purley on Thames (Monument) |
| MWB20322 | Footpath underbridge within Purley Park (Monument) |
| MWB20283 | New Hill overbridge, Purley (Monument) |
| MWB6045 | Pangbourne Station (GWR) (Monument) |
| MWB20284 | Purley Lane overbridge (Monument) |
| MWB23165 | Site of first Pangbourne signal box (Monument) |
| MWB20290 | Site of second Pangbourne signal box (Monument) |
| MWB16561 | Station Road underbridge, Pangbourne (Monument) |
| MWB19044 | Westbury Lane overbridge, Purley (Monument) |
| MWB20288 | Whitchurch Road underbridge, Pangbourne (Monument) |
| MWB20285 | Winston Lane overbridge, Purley (Monument) |
| MWB6024 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY - General record within West Berkshire (Monument) |
| MWB3620 | Beneath railway line, Purley (Monument) |
| MWB16662 | Purley Park (Park) (Landscape) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB1265 | History and Significance of the Great Western Main Line |
| EWB1305 | New Hill Overbridge, Purley on Thames - Partial Demolition of Existing Overbridge and Reconstruction. Archaeological Record (Ref: Network Rail ref TCP10/006) |
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