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| HER Number | MWB6073 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Site of STOCKCROSS AND BAGNOR STATION (GWR) |
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Summary
Former location of railway station, destroyed following closure in 1960
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05053.24.100
Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY STATION (Late 19th century to Mid 20th century - 1898 AD to 1960 AD)
Full Description
Stockcross and Bagnor stationon the Lambourn Valley Railway was opened in 1898 and closed in 1960, though the line remained in use for goods traffic to Welford until 1973 <6>.
A field visit on 19/4/2015 recorded that the embakment was visible, but no trace could be seen of the station, though access to the station site was not possible <9>.
A history of Stockcross written in the 1980s <8> noted that the unusual waiting shed at Stockcross Station was taken to the GWR Society Museum at Didcot to be preserved, and was present there at this time; also noted in early 2024; the waiting room was constructed from corrugated iron with a concave curved roof and a decorated ridge <9>.
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. BF005791. [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> | Sands, Rev N. 1984. The Stockcross Story. p49. [Monograph / SWB14189] |
| <09> | Andrews, B. Observations from field visits. 19/4/2015; 20/3/2024. [Personal observation / SWB150438] |
Related Monuments
| MWB6072 | SPEEN STATION TO STOCKCROSS STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB15845 | Stockcross Village (Place) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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