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HER Number MWB6066
Record Type Monument
Name Hungerford Station (GWR)

Grid Reference SU 340 685
Map Sheet SU36NW
Parish Hungerford, West Berkshire
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Summary

Railway station in Hungerford, on Great Western Railway branch line

Other Statuses and Cross-References

  • Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05053.20.100
  • National Monuments Record No.: SU 36 NW 105
    SU 340 684

Monument Type(s):

Full Description

Hungerford station was built originally as the terminus of the Berks and Hants Railway in 1847, subsequently converted to a through station on the opening of the Berks and Hants Extension Railway in 1862. The 'up' station building was destroyed by fire in 1867 and later replaced. <3>. The First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping shows several lines running into the station area, with a turn table, a crane, a building which was a goods shed, a weighbridge and a station office as well as signal boxes <5>. The Hungerford Virtual Museum has photographs of these buildings and structures <6>, and also gives accounts of the events at the station such as the fire in 1867, the visit of George V in 1912, the destruction of the goods shed by fire in 1936 and the goods train crash of 1971 when 28 wagons came off the track causing damage but no loss of life.

There are no station buildings apart from modern shelters on both sides of the line in the 21st century.

West Berkshire Museum has a photograph showing the station in 1919 <7>.

Sources and further reading

<01>Historic England (previously English Heritage). ?-present. NMR Buildings Files on Historic England Archive. BF005773. [Index / SWB147173]
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/ (Accessed 21/04/2020)
<02>Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group. 1966-1991. Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group Gazetteer of Industrial Sites & Monuments. 2023 WBC Network. OG112. [Unpublished document / SWB12762]
<03>Simmonds, P. 2014. A history of the Berks and Hants line Reading to Westbury. [Monograph / SWB148853]
<04>Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p184. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015)
<05>Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked '. [Map / SWB14341]
<06>Pihlens, H. 2009. Hungerford Virtual Museum. https://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/. 01/07/2010. [Website / SWB147895]
https://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/ (Accessed 05/10/2021)
<07>Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1983.145.19. [Unpublished document / SWB14452]

Related Monuments

MWB20254Hungerford level crossing (Monument)
MWB20252Hungerford Station footbridge (Monument)
MWB22737Site of a railway turntable, Hungerford railway station (Monument)
MWB22739Site of a weighbridge, Hungerford railway station (Monument)
MWB22740Site of a weighing machine, Hungerford railway station (Monument)
MWB22741Site of cattle pens, Hungerford railway station (Monument)
MWB22742Site of cattle pens, Hungerford railway station (Monument)
MWB20255Site of Hungerford East signal box (Monument)
MWB20253Site of Hungerford goods shed (Monument)
MWB22660Site of Hungerford Station goods yard crane (Monument)
MWB22738Site of Hungerford Station goods yard crane (Monument)
MWB20256Site of Hungerford West signal box (Monument)
MWB6065KINTBURY TO HUNGERFORD STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument)
MWB20655Railway Tavern, Station Road, Hungerford (Building)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

EWB176Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group Survey