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Wappenham

 

 

 

 

Blisworth
Towcester
Wappenham
Helmdon
Banbury


There were two stations on the Towcester/Banbury section, Wappenham was one, over a mile from its village namesake. Wappenham was a simple station with a platform and modest goods facilities. A simple structure, the station building supported two large chimneys, its had no canopy as such just a porch-like out-crop onto the platform. From Wappenham, trains rounded a long curve and faced a long ascent onto Helmdon

Wappenham opened to goods traffic in August 1871 and closed for passengers with the rest of the line in the early 50's.


These shots provide a great 'before and after' combination






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Comment by Jane Harries on April 29, 2009 at 20:55
Hello Andy - another request - I'd like to use the text you put above the photo, too. I would credit you and give the site URL and name.

Jane
Comment by Jane Harries on April 29, 2009 at 20:40
Dear Andy

Thanks very much for creating this site and for John Cosford for the current photo. I edit the Wappenham Village Newsletter and would like to use the Station photo for our 'Wappenham Then and Now' section, and also put it into our website's collection of old Wappenham photos. If I find any more old photos of the line (or newer ones of the disused line) I will send them in. Nowadays there is a cattle shed where the railway was - not sure if it was the site of the station building in the picture - it's next to the main road to Towcester.

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