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(Northamptonshire Ironstone Co Ltd until 1928)
The Quarries were situated to the north of the village of Byield.
The quarries had a standard guage railway system which ran south to
a connection with the Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction
Railway/LMS about half a mile west of Byfield station. Production
started in 1915 but ran only until 1925, to be started once more in
1928, running up until final closure on the 12 th of February,
1965. Upon closure all the equipment was dismantled and the
workings systematically erased from the landscape, so much so as it
is hard to find any evidence as I type (December 2008)
Legend:
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‘Sir Berkeley’ is, of course, preserved by the Vintage Carriage Trust, and currently (2017) operating on the wonderful Middleton Railway.
This line and the quarry closed when I was 2 days old, and came home from “The Barratt”. I am told it was snowing, so we also know about the weather that day!
Simon (“born in the Barratt”) Dunkley
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