‘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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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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Which road was it?
Your description leads me to suspect it maybe one of the Great Central line bridges.

It was on Banbury lane

Thanks for reply

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.

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.

Too true, Pat !!!

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