Monument record 0977100000 - Saunderton Station

Summary

Saunderton Railway Station

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  • RAILWAY STATION (Opened 1901, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Buildings report held at NMR (B1)
Opened on 1 July 1901; a passing loop was provided. Photo of station and tunnel (B2).
On 10th March 1913 the station was gutted by fire in an arson attack by militant suffragettes, destroying the stationmaster's office, the parcels office, the porters room, the general waiting room and the ladies' waiting room (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF007403.
  • <2>SBC23891 Bibliographic reference: Colin G Maggs. 2010. The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. page 27, 31.
  • <3>SBC25314 Bibliographic reference: Colin Cartwright. 2013. Burning to Get the Vote: The Women's Suffrage Movement in Central Buckinghamshire, 1904-1914. pp216-219.

Location

Grid reference SU 81306 98118 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 4 2020 3:15PM

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