‘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'
Gone but not forgotten: "the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth"
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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
Find more photos like this on "The Unofficial SMJ Society" at www.smj.me
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Comment by Dick Bodily on June 14, 2014 at 21:44
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A cryptic clue designed to send a radio car to a particular village on Radio Northampton's 'Treasure Quest' today was ' A village with 9 letters; 1871-1951, between T & H'. I was driving at the time so Val phoned in to tell them 'go to Wappenham and that the dates referred to its station opening and closing and the T & H referred to between Towcester and Helmdon stations.' They cut her off the phone after receiving the message, later several others send in similar messages but for some reason they preferred Towcester Tescos, but eventually about half an hour later they decided to go to Wappenham after a whole group of ladies from Tiffield threatened to scream down the phone if they didn't.
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Comment by Jane Harries on April 29, 2009 at 20:55
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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
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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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