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| HER Number | MWB6071 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Site of SPEEN STATION |
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Summary
Former railway station on Lambourn Valley line
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05053.23.100
Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY STATION (Late 19th century to Mid 20th century - 1898 AD to 1960 AD)
Full Description
Speen station was opened with the rest of the Lambourn Valley Railway in 1898 and closed in 1960 <6>.
West Berkshire Museum has a photograph showing the station in 1919 <8>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Price, M R C. 1977. The Lambourn Valley Railway. [Monograph / SWB148538] |
| <02> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). ?-present. NMR Buildings Files on Historic England Archive. BF005790 - Speen Halt. [Index / SWB147173]
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/ (Accessed 21/04/2020) |
| <03> | British Rail Western. 1973. Lambourn Valley Railway Scrapbook. [Monograph / SWB13540] |
| <04> | Robertson, K & Simmonds, R. 1984. The Lambourn Branch. [Monograph / SWB14646] |
| <05> | Mitchell, V & Smith, K. 2001. Branch Line to Lambourn. [Monograph / SWB14647] |
| <06> | Simmonds, P. 2014. A history of the Berks and Hants line Reading to Westbury. [Monograph / SWB148853] |
| <07> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p97. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <08> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1983.145.12. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
Related Monuments
| MWB6070 | NEWBURY WEST FIELDS TO SPEEN RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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