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Although the railways and Ordnance Survey helped to standardise the names and spelling of towns in Britain in the mid 19th century, many early maps and timetables show variations. Some of the stations on the Severn Valley and Tenbury braches were also renamed for various reasons. | Although the railways and Ordnance Survey helped to standardise the names and spelling of towns in Britain in the mid 19th century, many early maps and timetables show variations. Some of the stations on the Severn Valley and Tenbury braches were also renamed for various reasons. | ||
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Although the railways and Ordnance Survey helped to standardise the names and spelling of towns in Britain in the mid 19th century, many early maps and timetables show variations. Some of the stations on the Severn Valley and Tenbury braches were also renamed for various reasons.
Bridgnorth
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| 1866 plan of "Bridgenorth". |
Perhaps the most common misspelling in modern times, 'Bridgenorth' appears on several early plans for the SVRSevern Valley Railway. It also appeared in the title of two unsuccessful proposals for railways linking Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth, the "Wolverhampton & Bridgenorth Railway" of 1860 and the "South Staffordshire & Central Wales Railway Dudley & Bridgenorth" of 1861.
Stourport
The Civil Parish of Stourport was renamed Stourport-on-Severn in 1934. Stourport station was similarly renamed in the same year.
Arley
The village is named Upper Arley, with some early maps naming it Over Arley.
Highley
Higley
Hampton Loade
Hampton Loade station is actually located in Hampton on the west bank of the River Severn, with the main part of Hampton Loade village being on the east bank. The village was also historically known as Hampton's Loade.[1].
The station was originally named Hampton as shown in the opening timetable. However within a month it had adopted the name Hampton Loade which it has retained ever since.[2] A station at Hampton in London opened in 1864[3] and the name change may have been made to avoid potential confusion.
19th century OSOrdnance Survey maps include a number of other variant spellings. Maps surveyed in the 1880s still showed the station as "Hampton", with the hamlets on each bank being "Hempton" and "Hamptonload" as illustrated. The latter has also appeared as Hampton Lode (1876/1887).
Coalport
The town of Coalport was served by two stations. Coalport on the Severn Valley Branch was located on the west bank of the River Severn. On the other bank and directly opposite, Coalport East formed the terminus of the LNWRLondon & North Western Railway (later LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway) Coalport Branch Line which ran from Hadley Junction near Oakengates on the Stafford to Shrewsbury Line.
R.V.J. Butt's "The Directory of Railway Stations"[4] is commonly cited on Wikipedia and elsewhere as an authoritative work on station names.[note 1] Butt refers to the GWRGreat Western Railway station being renamed "Coalport West" during the BRBritish Rail or British Railways era. This change may have been made for internal or administrative reasons, but the name "Coalport" continued to appear until closure in Engineer's Line References, BR Working Timetables, on the platform running in boards and even on the 1963 BR notice of closure of the line.
Tenbury
Tenbury Wells (Tenbury Branch)
See also
Notes
- ↑ Developing this Wiki has highlighted several apparent errors in Butt's 'authoritative' book. He states that Wyre Forest opened with the rest of the Tenbury Branch on 1 August 1864; Beddoes & Smith (1995) and Mitchell and Smith (2007) confirm it was not until 1 June 1869. He also states that Alveley Colliery Sidings "opened after 1915" and was then "renamed Alveley Colliery Halt". Alveley Sidings opened in 1939 at what is now Country Park Halt, while Alveley Halt was a short distance away and did not open until 1944.
References
- ↑ Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway, by J. Randall 1863
- ↑ Marshall (1989), p101
- ↑ Hampton Railway Station on Wikipedia
- ↑ The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.) Butt, R. V. J. (1995), Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7>
