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HER Number MWB6069
Record Type Monument
Name NEWBURY WEST FIELDS HALT (GWR)

Grid Reference SU 460 668
Map Sheet SU46NE
Parish Newbury, West Berkshire
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Summary

Former location of railway station on the Lambourn Valley Railway

Other Statuses and Cross-References

  • Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05053.22.100
  • National Monuments Record No.: SU 46 NE 266
    SU 460 668

Monument Type(s):

Full Description

West Fields Halt is shown on the 3rd epoch Ordnance Survey mapping <1>, though not on the 2nd edition map <2> unlike most of the other stations along the Lambourn Valley Railway. Presumably the need for its existence followed the construction of a large residential community in West Fields in the early 20th century. The halt was opened on 1/10/1906 and was closed in February 1957 <8>.

West Berkshire Museum has a photograph showing the station in 1920 <9>.

Sources and further reading

<01>Landmark. 1912-24. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 3, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 25 inches to a mile. [Map / SWB14456]
<02>Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Not marked. [Map / SWB14455]
<03>Historic England (previously English Heritage). ?-present. NMR Buildings Files on Historic England Archive. BF005782. [Index / SWB147173]
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/ (Accessed 21/04/2020)
<04>Price, M R C. 1977. The Lambourn Valley Railway. [Monograph / SWB148538]
<05>British Rail Western. 1973. Lambourn Valley Railway Scrapbook. [Monograph / SWB13540]
<06>Robertson, K & Simmonds, R. 1984. The Lambourn Branch. [Monograph / SWB14646]
<07>Mitchell, V & Smith, K. 2001. Branch Line to Lambourn. [Monograph / SWB14647]
<08>Simmonds, P. 2014. A history of the Berks and Hants line Reading to Westbury. [Monograph / SWB148853]
<09>Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1983.145.21. [Unpublished document / SWB14452]

Related Monuments

MWB6068NEWBURY TO NEWBURY WEST FIELDS RAILWAY LINE (Monument)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

  • None recorded

    • Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.