Knowle halt, between wickham and fareham, opened in 1907. Buy a history of droxford station a journey through 1500 years by buttrey, pam author oct262012 hardback by pam buttrey isbn. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of droxford. This engaging book examines the role of the railway station around the world, revealing a microcosm more complex and fascinating than anything our nineteenth.
Faced with this influx of holiday makers with spending money, brightons population boomed and the town underwent a period of huge growth. For further reading, see these books on the subject. On 2 june 1944 a train stopped at droxford railway station. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. The railway served a relatively lightly populated area, but was built to main line specifications in anticipation of it becoming a major route to gosport. It ran from botley on the eastleighfareham line to bishops waltham. Based in an armoured train parked in its sidings, he met with numerous ministers, military commanders and leaders of allied nations. A look at the history of farehams railway station and rail connections. Railways and war history in droxford 5 miles meetup. Kevin robertson books specialist retailer of british railway and model train books.
A history of droxford station by pam buttrey waterstones. The line was opened by the london and south western railway lswr on 1 june 1863, closed to passengers on 31 december 1932 and finally closed to freight in 1962. Droxford railway station saxons in the meon valley. I could have listed 50 excellent fiction and nonfiction railway books. If the season is very wet, this section will be very watery and you may need wellies. The bishops waltham branch was a railway line in hampshire, england. The station was opened on 2 may 1859 by the salisbury and yeovil railway, which became part of the london and south western railway in 1878. Your dog should be welcome on this walk with only one or two stiles proving a challenge. A history of droxford station by pam buttrey, 9781906419936, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. It served the villages of droxford, soberton and hambledonin hampshire, england. A subsettlement grew around the station including a hotel, railway workers cottages and a cluster of private homes which extended to the north to the brock bridge or brockbridge farm and mill which remains its name. The next day anthony eden and ernest bevin arrived by car. The former station 7 is now a beautifully restored private home. A railway came to serve droxford in 1903 across the river in the neighbouring more rural parish with the building of the meon valley railway.
It was on the meon valley line between droxford and fareham. Droxford railway station was a small station on the meon valley railway, built to a design by t. Word spread that bones and iron objects had been disturbed. Buy a history of droxford station by pam buttrey from waterstones today. The first railway on indian subcontinent ran from bombay to thane on 16th april 1853. Tell us about books youve read, pubs youve visited, tools or gadgets youve. In 1944 it was used by winston churchill during preparations for the normandy landings. The rest of the stations were provided with very nice station buildings, two. Read the rules below and feel free to message the moderators by clicking here. The station was opened by the london and south western railway on 1 june 1903. A social history by richards, jeffrey, mackenzie, john m. Of these, farringdon was a halt and mislingford was a goodsonly depot.
Now everyone is driving cars and weve lost that social interaction, this book is. Last years towering glory, for me, was the purchase of my painting of droxford station. Well skip over much of it to focus only on parts which affect the borough of fareham, but even doing that involves telling a long story. From the helston line in cornwall, in part newly revived, to the romantic meon valley railway in hampshire, i have brought a bit of history back to life in my paintings. The construction of brighton railway station and the london to brighton railway line in 1841 transformed brighton, with londoners easily able to easily get to the town for a day out by the seaside. As well as being a substantial infrastructure of cuttings, embankments, tunnels and bridges, the railway also planted lots of trees in the area. Last months blog looked at the literary and historical associations of the route along which the meon valley.
Meon valley railway information for alton, hampshire, on the official site for. In 1904 a man named thomas merrington opened a cycle works in droxford. Kestrel railway books publishes books about british railway history. Mary and all saints, a parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of bishops waltham, droxford and n. Droxford station was hit and two railway workers cottages were demolished. Indicates the name of the station as it would have appeared within applicable railway. Droxford railway station was a small station on the meon valley railway, built to a design by. Brockhurst, leeonthesolent, knowle asylum haltknowle platform, wickham, droxford. The meon valley railway closed to passengers in 1955 but goods traffic remained on two severed sections of the line. Droxford photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The cemetery first came to light in 1900 when a cutting was being excavated for the alton to fareham railway. If you love wikipedia as much as we do, please consider donating to wikimedia.
River meon and villages, hambledon, old winchester hill. There are of course whole books written about hampshires railway network. Droxford railway station southampton train station. Closed railway stations in britain a b c df g hj kl mo pr s tv wz. The walk begins at droxford, hamp shire on the a32 road, postcode so32 3rb, gridref su 607 187. The domesday book also says that droxford had two mills that ground grain into flour to make. Droxford metal detecting on 2930th november 20 saxons. In the late 1800s, it was a regular little city at the station. The railway line was closed to passengers in 1955, droxford s place in history assured. Strictly speaking the cemetery lies within soberton, but its proximity to the former railway station of droxford has resulted in an association with the parish of droxford. In more recent history, the railway came to droxford in 1903 on what is now the meon valley trail. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Karens books specializes in railroad, train, and transportation books from morning sun, four ways west, kalmbach, motorbooks, indiana university press, and others. Good detailed book on the social history of railway stations. For over a quarter of a century our shop was in the former station masters house at stamford railway station but we have moved to new premises in stamford and the shop at. A social history by jeffrey richards and john m mackenzie 1986 along with the oxford companion to british railway history, this is the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A history of droxford station a journey through 1500 years. Jeremy rewsedavies, former head of design at london transport, now heads the design consultancy rewse davies associates, dr nigel harris, director of the railway consultancy and jeremy lloyd, an analyst with urban initiatives with experience in planning railway stations for the railtrack and underground networks.
A subsettlement grew around the station including a hotel, railway workers cottages and a cluster of private homes which extended to the north to the brock bridge or brockbridge farm and mill. It served the villages of droxford, soberton and hambledon in hampshire, england. An illustrated history of railway stations in canada. A railway through droxford from alton and fareham opened in 1903. But the railway s most famous wartime role came in june 1944, when the war cabinet met allied leaders in a special train parked at a heavily guarded droxford station. The ghost train of droxford south downs national park. The beautiful station building is now a private residence and a humble little plaque is all that remains to remind us of the momentous events played out here in droxford nearly seventy years ago. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. A the railway served a relatively lightly populated area, but was built to main line specifications in anticipation of it becoming a major route to gosport.
Dundurn has published an updated version of ron browns popular book the train doesnt stop here anymore. Meon valley railway friends of alton station alton, hampshire. Droxford railway station was a rural station on the meon valley railway in hampshire, england. The line provided stations at farringdon, tisted, privett, west meon, droxford, mislingford and wickham. Know about indian railways indian railways, a historical legacy, are a vital force in our economy.
Fourteen railway carriages carried about 400 guests from bombay to thane covering a distance of 21 miles 34 kilometers. Consequently, although the station was built in an area with only five houses, it was designed with the capacity to handle 10carriage t. A history of droxford station a journey through 1500 years rail books in 1955 british railways deemed the erstwhile meon valley railway between alton and fareham to be uneconomic and it was closed to passengers. Hampshire history tells us that winston churchill, members of his war cabinet.
Meon valley railway friends of alton station alton. The publication contains a number of references and pictures of stations in ontario and across canada. Droxford and dday railway station and the part it played. Droxford drocensford railway station a saxon cemetery and lots more history a photograph taken at the site of the cemetery around 1900 and published in memorials of old hampshire by george edward jeans. The beautiful station building is now a private residence and a humble little plaque is all that remains to remind us of the momentous events played out here in droxford. Buy a history of droxford station a journey through 1500 years by pam buttrey isbn. When the train arrived, in it were just the british prime minister, sir winston churchill, and the prime minister of south africa, general jan smuts. The labels were used by the major railway companies prior to the nationalisation of the railway network after the second world war, many of the railway stations are now a distant memory as a vast number were closed during the beeching cuts of.
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