Monument record 0031400000 - AYLESBURY RAILWAY
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- RAILWAY (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 11 km.
Plan Form - Linear.
AYLESBURY RAILWAY CO FORMED 10 NOV 1835 TO CONNECT AYLESBURY WITH LONDON-BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY AT CHEDDINGTON. CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 12 MAY 1838; PUBLIC OPENING 10 JUNE 1839. PLANS TO EXTEND TO, EG, OXFORD NEVER EXECUTED. ONLY INTERMEDIATE STATION: MARSTON GATE (FULL DESCRIPTION) (B1).
RAILWAY SHOWN ON MAPS BETWEEN NGR'S (B2).
OPENED 10 JUNE 1839 WITH 3 DAILY RETURN TRAINS. PASSENGER SERVICES CEASED 2 FEB 1953; LINE CLOSED COMPLETELY WITH ENDING OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC ON 2 DEC 1963 (FULL ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF LINE (B5).
(ILLUS & OTHER DETAILS OF LINE B3-4).
History and photographs (B8).
Short article on history of the Aylesbury-Cheddington branch line and surviving remains of signal posts and other structures, published in Bucks Herald (B9).
Sources (9)
- <1>SBC5557 Bibliographic reference: GADSDEN E J S 1962 THE AYLESBURY RAILWAY.
- <2>SBC10406 Map: OS 1960 1:10560 MAPS.
- <3>SBC7399 Bibliographic reference: LELEUX R 1976 THE EAST MIDLANDS: REGIONAL HISTORIES OF RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN P34.
- <4>SBC19614 Bibliographic reference: Elliott Viney & Pamala Nighingale. 1994. Old Aylesbury. pp48, 50.
- <5>SBC14565 Bibliographic reference: SIMPSON B 1989 THE AYLESBURY RAILWAY.
- <6>SBC23554 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. AYLESBURY NORTHERN LINK ROAD ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPRAISAL OF ROAD FOOTPRINT (BASED ON STAGE 1 & 2 ASSESSMENT).
- <7>SBC23555 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. AYLESBURY NORTHERN LINK ROAD ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPRAISAL OF AGREED ALIGNMENT.
- <8>SBC23891 Bibliographic reference: Colin G Maggs. 2010. The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. pages 137-141.
- <9>SBC24564 Article in serial: Karl Vaughan. 2015. 'Back in Time: Rail relics remain in Stocklake', in The Bucks Herald 8th April 2015.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 87258 16337 (9902m by 4795m) |
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Civil Parish | AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Civil Parish | BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Civil Parish | CHEDDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Civil Parish | HULCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 2 2022 10:22AM