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In 1937 the GWR collection and delivery services utilised some 2,200 motor vans and lorries, 3,000 horse-drawn wagons and carts, and 1,600 horses<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins & Hyde (2000)]] p22.</ref>.
 
In 1937 the GWR collection and delivery services utilised some 2,200 motor vans and lorries, 3,000 horse-drawn wagons and carts, and 1,600 horses<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins & Hyde (2000)]] p22.</ref>.
  
==Lorry Services and Cartage Services on the SVR==
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A 1938 GWR publication, 'Towns villages, outlying works etc. served by the Great Western Railway' gives a list of all such places, their distance from the local station and the method of delivery. Those on the Severn Valley Branch and Tenbury Branch are shown below. Places marked with an asterisk are within the company's free cartage boundary, with "(partly)" indicating it was not entirely within that boundary. In all other cases there would be an additional charge for collection or delivery.
A 1938 GWR publication, 'Towns villages, outlying works etc. served by the Great Western Railway' gives a list of all such places, their distance from the local station and the method of delivery. Those on the Severn Valley Branch are shown below. Places marked with an asterisk are within the company's free cartage boundary, with "(partly)" indicating it was not entirely within that boundary. In all other cases there would be an additional charge for collection or delivery.
 
  
 
Where a station is not listed (e.g. Hampton Loade), no collection or delivery service was available, although some smaller stations were covered by services from nearby larger stations (e.g. Linley and Eardington from Bridgnorth)
 
Where a station is not listed (e.g. Hampton Loade), no collection or delivery service was available, although some smaller stations were covered by services from nearby larger stations (e.g. Linley and Eardington from Bridgnorth)
  
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==Lorry Services and Cartage Services on the SVR==
 
===Kidderminster===
 
===Kidderminster===
*Cartage Service: Kidderminster* Franche*(partly) 3 miles, Broadwaters (parcels)* (partly) 1¾ miles, Hoobrook* (partly) 1 mile, Hurcott* (partly) 1½ miles, Blakebrook* 1½ miles, Foley Park* 1½ miles
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*Cartage Service: Kidderminster* Franche*(partly) 3 miles, Broadwaters (parcels)* (partly) 1¾ miles, Hoobrook* (partly) 1 mile, Hurcott* (partly) 1½ miles, Blakebrook* 1½ miles, Foley Park* 1½ miles, Old Wharf ¾ mile, Baldwins Ltd. Stour Vale Iron Works* 1¼ miles
*Lorry Service: Habberley/Low Habberley 2½ miles, Wolverley (goods) 2½ miles, Trimpley 5 miles, Franche* (partly) 3 miles, Broadwaters (goods)* (partly) 1¾ miles, Hoobrook 1 mile, Summerfield 3 miles, Shatterford 5 miles, Alveley 7 miles, Stone 2 miles, Shenstone 2½ miles, Kingsford 4½ miles
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*Lorry Service: Habberley/Low Habberley 2½ miles, Wolverley (goods) 2½ miles, Trimpley 5 miles, Franche* (partly) 3 miles, Broadwaters (goods)* (partly) 1¾ miles, Hoobrook 1 mile, Summerfield 3 miles, Shatterford 5 miles, Alveley 7 miles, Stone 2 miles, Shenstone 2½ miles, Kingsford 4½ miles, Little Hoboro' 4½ miles< Brockencote 4 miles
 
*Lorry Service (Midland Red Motor Services): Chaddesley Corbett 4 miles, Franche (partly) 3 miles, Cookley 3 miles, Wolverley (parcels) 2½ miles
 
*Lorry Service (Midland Red Motor Services): Chaddesley Corbett 4 miles, Franche (partly) 3 miles, Cookley 3 miles, Wolverley (parcels) 2½ miles
  
 
===Hartlebury===
 
===Hartlebury===
 
*Cartage Service: Hartlebury*
 
*Cartage Service: Hartlebury*
*Lorry Service: Titton 2 miles, Summerfield 2 miles, Torton 1½ miles, Stone 3 miles, Shenstone 2 miles, Chadwick 2½ miles, Crossway Green 2 miles, Dunhampton 3½ miles, Ombersley 5 miles, Holt Fleet 5 miles, Doverdale 3 Miles, Cutnall Green 3 miles, Rushock 3½ miles
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*Lorry Service: Titton 2 miles, Summerfield 2 miles, Torton 1½ miles, Stone 3 miles, Shenstone 2 miles, Chadwick 2½ miles, Crossway Green 2 miles, Dunhampton 3½ miles, Ombersley 5 miles, Holt Fleet 5 miles, Doverdale 3 Miles, Cutnall Green 3 miles, Rushock 3½ miles, Brockencote 3½ miles, Brookhampton 3½ miles, Lincomb 2½ miles, Line Holt 3 miles, Elmley Lovett 2 miles
  
 
===Stourport===
 
===Stourport===
 
*Cartage Service: Stourport*
 
*Cartage Service: Stourport*
*Lorry Service: Areley Kings 1½ miles, Dunley 2½ miles, Astley 3½ miles, Astley Cross 2 miles, Shrawley 4½ miles, Heightington 5 miles, Great Witley 5½ miles, Little Witley 7 miles, Abberley 5 miles, Netherton 5 miles<ref group="Notes">Netherton is little more than a single farm and lane between Dunley and Abberley. It is not clear why it was included on this list</ref>
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*Lorry Service: Areley Kings 1½ miles, Dunley 2½ miles, Astley 3½ miles, Astley Cross 2 miles, Shrawley 4½ miles, Heightington 5 miles, Great Witley 5½ miles, Little Witley 7 miles, Abberley 5 miles, Netherton 5 miles<ref group="Notes">Netherton is little more than a single farm and lane between Dunley and Abberley. It is not clear why it was included on this list</ref>, Stockton-on-Teme 10 miles, Lincomb 3 miles
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*For delivery by barge: Baldwins Ltd. Stour Vale Iron Works* 4½ miles
  
 
===Bewdley===
 
===Bewdley===
 
*Cartage Service: Bewdley ½ mile
 
*Cartage Service: Bewdley ½ mile
*Lorry Service: Button Oak 3 miles, Ribbesford 1½ miles, Dowles 1½ miles, Kinlet 5 miles, Far Forest 5 miles, Trimpley 3 miles, Shatterford 5 miles, Heightingtonn 6 miles
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*Lorry Service: Button Oak 3 miles, Ribbesford 1½ miles, Dowles 1½ miles, Kinlet 5 miles, Far Forest 5 miles, Trimpley 3 miles, Shatterford 5 miles, Heightingtonn 6 miles, Rock 6 miles
  
 
===Highley===
 
===Highley===
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===Bridgnorth===
 
===Bridgnorth===
 
*Cartage Service: Bridgnorth*, Oldbury (Parcels)
 
*Cartage Service: Bridgnorth*, Oldbury (Parcels)
*Lorry Service: Claverley 6 miles, Apley Park 5 miles, Oldbury (Goods), Morville 3 miles, Middleton Scriven 5 miles, Chelmarsh 4 miles, Billingsley 6 miles, Alveley 6 miles, Apley park 5 miles, Farmcote 5 miles, Eardington 2 miles<ref group="Notes">Eardington village is ¾ from Eardington Station with no local cartage service.</ref>, Linley 5 miles, Norton(Nr. Shifnal) 5 miles, Cleobury North 9 miles (Truck loads), Ditton Priors (Truck loads)
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*Lorry Service: Claverley 6 miles, Apley Park 5 miles, Oldbury (Goods), Morville 3 miles, Middleton Scriven 5 miles, Chelmarsh 4 miles, Billingsley 6 miles, Alveley 6 miles, Apley park 5 miles, Farmcote 5 miles, Eardington 2 miles<ref group="Notes">Eardington village is ¾ from Eardington Station with no local cartage service.</ref>, Linley 5 miles, Norton(Nr. Shifnal) 5 miles, Cleobury North 9 miles (Truck loads), Ditton Priors (Truck loads), Stockton 7 miles (goods), Broughton 6 miles, Linley* 5 miles
*Lorry Service (Carrier): Quatford 2 miles, Quatt 4 miles, Worfield 4 miles
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*Lorry Service (Carrier): Quatford 2 miles, Quatt 4 miles, Worfield 4 miles, Stockton 7 miles (parcels), Bromley 2 miles
  
 
===Coalport===
 
===Coalport===
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===Ironbridge===
 
===Ironbridge===
*Cartage Service: Ironbridge*, Jackfield* 1 mile, Broseley* 1 mile, Broseley Wood* ½ mile, Madeley Wood* 1 mile
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*Cartage Service: Ironbridge*, Jackfield* 1 mile, Broseley* 1 mile, Broseley Wood* ½ mile, Madeley Wood* 1 mile, Linley Green* (partly) 3½ miles
  
 
====&nbsp; &nbsp; Maw & Co.====
 
====&nbsp; &nbsp; Maw & Co.====
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===Berrington===
 
===Berrington===
*Lorry Service: Berrington* ½ mile, Cound 2 miles, Lower Cound* 1 mile, Upper Cound 2 miles, Cound Moor 4 miles, Norton 2 miles
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*Lorry Service: Berrington* ½ mile, Cound 2 miles, Lower Cound* 1 mile, Upper Cound 2 miles, Cound Moor 4 miles, Norton 2 miles, Smethcote 2½ miles
  
===Tenbury Branch===
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==Lorry Services and Cartage Services on the Tenbury Branch==
 
The Country Lorry Service at Tenbury started on February 1 1931<ref>[https://postimg.cc/kBwMdg9B Advert from the Kington Times on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>.
 
The Country Lorry Service at Tenbury started on February 1 1931<ref>[https://postimg.cc/kBwMdg9B Advert from the Kington Times on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>.
  
 
===Cleobury Mortimer===
 
===Cleobury Mortimer===
 
*Cartage Service: Cleobury Mortimer 2¼ miles
 
*Cartage Service: Cleobury Mortimer 2¼ miles
*Lorry Service: Cleobury North 10 miles (Less than truck loads), Ditton Priors (Less than truck loads, and all traffic for R.N. Armaments Depot)
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*Lorry Service: Cleobury North 10 miles (Less than truck loads), Ditton Priors (Less than truck loads, and all traffic for R.N. Armaments Depot), Stottesden 8 miles
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===Newnham Bridge===
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*Lorry Service: Neen Sollars 6 miles, Mamble 3 miles, Knighton-upon-Teme 1 mile, Eardiston 3½ miles, Lindridge 2 miles, Stockton-on-Teme 5 miles
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*Railway Porter: Newnham Bridge* (Within ½ mile of station)
  
 
===Tenbury Wells===
 
===Tenbury Wells===
 
*Cartage Service: Tenbury Wells*
 
*Cartage Service: Tenbury Wells*
*Lorry Service: Neen Sollars 5 miles
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*Lorry Service: Neen Sollars 5 miles, Burford 1 mile, Stanford Bridge 7 miles, Stanford-on-Teme 7 miles, Old wood Common 2 miles, Knighton-upon-Teme 1 mile, Eardiston 7 miles, Stoke Bliss 6½ miles, St. Michaels 1½ miles, Leysters 4½ miles, Berrington Heath 2 miles, Greet(Greete on modern maps) 2 miles, Hopton wafers 6 miles, Lower Hanley 5 miles
 
 
===Newnham Bridge===
 
*Railway Porter: Newnham Bridge* (Within ½ mile of station)
 
  
 
===Easton Court===
 
===Easton Court===
*Lorry Service: Easton Court
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*Lorry Service: Easton Court, Little Hereford ½ mile, Berrington Green 1 mile
  
 
===Woofferton===
 
===Woofferton===
*Lorry Service: Woofferton
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*Lorry Service: Woofferton, Brimfield ½ mile
 
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 21:11, 17 May 2022

1935 poster
GWRGreat Western Railway sign advertising the Country Lorry Service
GWRGreat Western Railway lorry in Bewdley Yard
GWRGreat Western Railway horse-drawn wagons at Southwell Carpet Factory, Bridgnorth

As well as transporting goods station to station, the GWRGreat Western Railway was also able to collect & deliver goods and parcels to and from local addresses via the Country Lorry Service, Cartage Service or independent carrier.

The Country Lorry Service was introduced after the First World War. This allowed agricultural and other goods to be transported beyond the railway companies' normal collection and delivery radius, which was usually limited to urban areas and their immediate fringes.[1]

Until 1928, railway companies were only allowed to carry goods which had been, or were to be, carried by rail. The 1928 Road Act removed this restriction; thereafter railway companies began to offer "throughout road" services (ie not involving any rail transport). After that time the number of Station Truck workings for small consignments reduced, while the Country Lorry Service saw a further expansion. In 1930 there were some 160 "Tranship Sheds" operating across the GWRGreat Western Railway, where goods were transferred between wagons for onward shipment; by 1932 rationalisation of this system had reduced the number to just nine.[2]

In 1937 the GWRGreat Western Railway collection and delivery services utilised some 2,200 motor vans and lorries, 3,000 horse-drawn wagons and carts, and 1,600 horses[3].

A 1938 GWRGreat Western Railway publication, 'Towns villages, outlying works etc. served by the Great Western Railway' gives a list of all such places, their distance from the local station and the method of delivery. Those on the Severn Valley Branch and Tenbury Branch are shown below. Places marked with an asterisk are within the company's free cartage boundary, with "(partly)" indicating it was not entirely within that boundary. In all other cases there would be an additional charge for collection or delivery.

Where a station is not listed (e.g. Hampton Loade), no collection or delivery service was available, although some smaller stations were covered by services from nearby larger stations (e.g. Linley and Eardington from Bridgnorth)

Lorry Services and Cartage Services on the SVRSevern Valley Railway

Kidderminster

  • Cartage Service: Kidderminster* Franche*(partly) 3 miles, Broadwaters (parcels)* (partly) 1¾ miles, Hoobrook* (partly) 1 mile, Hurcott* (partly) 1½ miles, Blakebrook* 1½ miles, Foley Park* 1½ miles, Old Wharf ¾ mile, Baldwins Ltd. Stour Vale Iron Works* 1¼ miles
  • Lorry Service: Habberley/Low Habberley 2½ miles, Wolverley (goods) 2½ miles, Trimpley 5 miles, Franche* (partly) 3 miles, Broadwaters (goods)* (partly) 1¾ miles, Hoobrook 1 mile, Summerfield 3 miles, Shatterford 5 miles, Alveley 7 miles, Stone 2 miles, Shenstone 2½ miles, Kingsford 4½ miles, Little Hoboro' 4½ miles< Brockencote 4 miles
  • Lorry Service (Midland Red Motor Services): Chaddesley Corbett 4 miles, Franche (partly) 3 miles, Cookley 3 miles, Wolverley (parcels) 2½ miles

Hartlebury

  • Cartage Service: Hartlebury*
  • Lorry Service: Titton 2 miles, Summerfield 2 miles, Torton 1½ miles, Stone 3 miles, Shenstone 2 miles, Chadwick 2½ miles, Crossway Green 2 miles, Dunhampton 3½ miles, Ombersley 5 miles, Holt Fleet 5 miles, Doverdale 3 Miles, Cutnall Green 3 miles, Rushock 3½ miles, Brockencote 3½ miles, Brookhampton 3½ miles, Lincomb 2½ miles, Line Holt 3 miles, Elmley Lovett 2 miles

Stourport

  • Cartage Service: Stourport*
  • Lorry Service: Areley Kings 1½ miles, Dunley 2½ miles, Astley 3½ miles, Astley Cross 2 miles, Shrawley 4½ miles, Heightington 5 miles, Great Witley 5½ miles, Little Witley 7 miles, Abberley 5 miles, Netherton 5 miles[Notes 1], Stockton-on-Teme 10 miles, Lincomb 3 miles
  • For delivery by barge: Baldwins Ltd. Stour Vale Iron Works* 4½ miles

Bewdley

  • Cartage Service: Bewdley ½ mile
  • Lorry Service: Button Oak 3 miles, Ribbesford 1½ miles, Dowles 1½ miles, Kinlet 5 miles, Far Forest 5 miles, Trimpley 3 miles, Shatterford 5 miles, Heightingtonn 6 miles, Rock 6 miles

Highley

  • Carrier: Highley ½ mile

Bridgnorth

  • Cartage Service: Bridgnorth*, Oldbury (Parcels)
  • Lorry Service: Claverley 6 miles, Apley Park 5 miles, Oldbury (Goods), Morville 3 miles, Middleton Scriven 5 miles, Chelmarsh 4 miles, Billingsley 6 miles, Alveley 6 miles, Apley park 5 miles, Farmcote 5 miles, Eardington 2 miles[Notes 2], Linley 5 miles, Norton(Nr. Shifnal) 5 miles, Cleobury North 9 miles (Truck loads), Ditton Priors (Truck loads), Stockton 7 miles (goods), Broughton 6 miles, Linley* 5 miles
  • Lorry Service (Carrier): Quatford 2 miles, Quatt 4 miles, Worfield 4 miles, Stockton 7 miles (parcels), Bromley 2 miles

Coalport

  • Railway Porter: Coalport*

Ironbridge

  • Cartage Service: Ironbridge*, Jackfield* 1 mile, Broseley* 1 mile, Broseley Wood* ½ mile, Madeley Wood* 1 mile, Linley Green* (partly) 3½ miles

    Maw & Co.

  • Siding
  • Cartage Service* 1½ miles

Buildwas

  • Lorry Service: Buildwas
  • Railway Porter: Buildwas* (partly)

    Ironbridge Power Station

  • Siding (goods only)
  • Railway Porter* (parcels only) ¼ mile

Cressage

  • Lorry Service: Cressage ¼ mile

Berrington

  • Lorry Service: Berrington* ½ mile, Cound 2 miles, Lower Cound* 1 mile, Upper Cound 2 miles, Cound Moor 4 miles, Norton 2 miles, Smethcote 2½ miles

Lorry Services and Cartage Services on the Tenbury Branch

The Country Lorry Service at Tenbury started on February 1 1931[4].

Cleobury Mortimer

  • Cartage Service: Cleobury Mortimer 2¼ miles
  • Lorry Service: Cleobury North 10 miles (Less than truck loads), Ditton Priors (Less than truck loads, and all traffic for R.N. Armaments Depot), Stottesden 8 miles

Newnham Bridge

  • Lorry Service: Neen Sollars 6 miles, Mamble 3 miles, Knighton-upon-Teme 1 mile, Eardiston 3½ miles, Lindridge 2 miles, Stockton-on-Teme 5 miles
  • Railway Porter: Newnham Bridge* (Within ½ mile of station)

Tenbury Wells

  • Cartage Service: Tenbury Wells*
  • Lorry Service: Neen Sollars 5 miles, Burford 1 mile, Stanford Bridge 7 miles, Stanford-on-Teme 7 miles, Old wood Common 2 miles, Knighton-upon-Teme 1 mile, Eardiston 7 miles, Stoke Bliss 6½ miles, St. Michaels 1½ miles, Leysters 4½ miles, Berrington Heath 2 miles, Greet(Greete on modern maps) 2 miles, Hopton wafers 6 miles, Lower Hanley 5 miles

Easton Court

  • Lorry Service: Easton Court, Little Hereford ½ mile, Berrington Green 1 mile

Woofferton

  • Lorry Service: Woofferton, Brimfield ½ mile

See also

Notes

  1. Netherton is little more than a single farm and lane between Dunley and Abberley. It is not clear why it was included on this list
  2. Eardington village is ¾ from Eardington Station with no local cartage service.

References

  1. Atkins & Hyde (2000) p14.
  2. Atkins & Hyde (2000) p16.
  3. Atkins & Hyde (2000) p22.
  4. Advert from the Kington Times on the British Newspaper Archive