‘The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway’ (or S.M.J.) was a small independent railway company which ran a line across the empty, untouched centre of England. It visited the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and a little of Buckinghamshire, only existing as the SMJ from 1909 to 1923. In 1923 the S.M.J.became a minor arm of the London Midland and Scottish (L.M.S.), then in 1948 'British Railways'
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Blisworth - Towcester ETS working
Electric train staff equipment had been brought into use between Blisworth and Towcester by 9 August 1910 (date of SMJR minute 451 (TNA file RAIL 674/3)) and presumably the new signal box at Blisworth appeared at the same time. In that this was so…Continue
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Blisworth 1920
SMJ board minute 1474 of 13 April 1921 (TNA file RAIL 674/4) approved that “the following expenditure be charged to Capital” for year 1920: “Blisworth: Signalling and alterations to Permanent Way, Improvements and additional signalling: £800”. In…Continue
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Evesham Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway 8 Replies
Did this railway (as opposed to the East & West Junction Railway) go into receivership - if so, when. And when did it come out of receivership?Continue
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Bidford-on-Avon 5 Replies
Shall we bring this discussion under the proper heading!So far as the OS plan surveyed 1885, published 1886, is concerned: the OS liked - wherever they could - to have text running parallel to the top and bottom borders. When they came to add the…Continue
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Bridge near weedon lois
Been out along route today stopped at bridge over line near here its got a very long parapet and looking over the line has large area around it anyone havwe any pics or info on it
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Permalink Reply by Gary on
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Which road was it?
Your description leads me to suspect it maybe one of the Great Central line bridges.
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Permalink Reply by steve lush on
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It was on Banbury lane
Thanks for reply
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Permalink Reply by Dick Bodily on
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If the bridge parapet in question is midway between Weston and Culworth Crossroads on Banbury Lane as I think is ( perhaps Steve could confirm) then it's on the Great Central main line and is probably numbered Bridge No 510. It spanned a wide, deep but relatively shallow sloped cutting. GCR Bridges 509 at Culworth Station and 490 at Charwelton and SMJ Bridge 33 at Moreton were demolished and levelled soon after the collapse of an SMJ bridge under a lorry at Byfield and over further concerns about the increasing weights of lorries.
Incidentally back in the 60s Weedon Lois was usually referred to as Lois Weedon , many local villagers were confused when village name signs appeared with the current name displayed so it would be informative to know which way around current Weedon inhabitants refer to their village.
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I'm a Moreton Pinkney man and it's always Lois Weedon !!!
Dick Bodily said:If the bridge parapet in question is midway between Weston and Culworth Crossroads on Banbury Lane as I think is ( perhaps Steve could confirm) then it's on the Great Central main line and is probably numbered Bridge No 510. It spanned a wide, deep but relatively shallow sloped cutting. GCR Bridges 509 at Culworth Station and 490 at Charwelton and SMJ Bridge 33 at Moreton were demolished and levelled soon after the collapse of an SMJ bridge under a lorry at Byfield and over further concerns about the increasing weights of lorries.
Incidentally back in the 60s Weedon Lois was usually referred to as Lois Weedon , many local villagers were confused when village name signs appeared with the current name displayed so it would be informative to know which way around current Weedon inhabitants refer to their village.
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Too true, Pat !!!
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