Monument record 0579100000 - GRENDON-ASHENDON RAILWAY

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Documentary records of early twentieth century railway

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Type and Period (1)

RAILWAY (20th Century to Modern - 1900 AD to 1945 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 (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: CHRISTIANSEN R 1981 THAMES & SEVERN (REGIONAL HIST ORY OF RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL 13) P152.
<3>SBC3055 Bibliographic reference: COCKMAN F G 1972 THE RAILWAY ERA IN BUCKINGHAMSHI RE IN RECSOFBUCKS19PP156-158"".
<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SBC12183 Unpublished document: PIKE A R (BCM) NOV 1991 FIELD VISIT.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 70163 17630 (1956m by 8731m)
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