Monument record 0579100000 - GRENDON-ASHENDON RAILWAY

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Documentary records of early twentieth century railway

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RAILWAY (Constructed 1902, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 8950 m
Plan Form - LINEAR
GRENDON UNDERWOOD-ASHENDON LINE BUILT JUNE 1902. LINE TRANSFERRED FROM GW & GC JOINT CTTEE TO GCR, 1907. ASHENDON, NOT GRENDON THEN BECAME N EXTREMITY (B1).
LINE WAS PART OF LINKING OF LINES CONSEQUENT ON FORMATION OF GW & GC JOINT CTTEE, MAY 1899, TO PROVIDE GWR WITH A DIRECT ROUTE TO MIDLANDS. OPENED IN 1906 & CLOSED IN 1963 (B2-3).
History and photographs (B6-7).

Sources (7)

<1>SBC4297 Bibliographic reference: DOW G 1965 GREAT CENTRAL,VOL 3 PP197-199 & ILLUS P 110.
<2>SBC2931 Bibliographic reference: Rex Christiansen. 1981. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Vol 13 Thames & Severn. p152.
<3>SBC3055 Article in serial: F G Cockman. 1972. 'THE RAILWAY ERA IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 19 PP156-158. Vol 19.
<4>SBC10394 Map: OS 1958-1960 1:10560 MAPS.
<5>SBC12183 Unpublished document: PIKE A R (BCM) NOV 1991 FIELD VISIT.
<6>SBC23891 Bibliographic reference: Colin G Maggs. 2010. The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. pages 53-55.
<7>SBC25753 Bibliographic reference: John M C Healy. 1992. History of the Chiltern Line.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 70162 17707 (1956m by 8885m)
Civil Parish	QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	WOODHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	WOTTON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	ASHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	GRENDON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire