Finedon railway station

Finedon
Site of Finedon station, 1993
General information
Location	Isham, North Northamptonshire England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1857	Opened
2 December 1940	Closed (passenger)
1964	Closed (goods)
Location

Finedon railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.

It had one island platform. Being a mile and a half from Finedon village it was little used in later years and closed to passengers in 1940. It remained open for goods until 1964 and had quite large sidings for the local stone, with a tramway to the Excelsior and the Finedon Hill mines. ^[1]

Stationmasters

• Joseph Wright until 1861 ^[2] (afterwards station master at Sharnbrook)
• G. Salmon from 1861 ^[2]
• W. Wood until 1873 ^[3] (afterwards station master at Barton and Walton))
• W. Doughty 1873 - 1876 ^[3] (formerly station master at Grafham, afterwards station master at Helpston)
• J. Blower 1876 - 1878 ^[4] (afterwards station master at Chapel-en-le-Frith)
• Edwin Hoe 1878 ^[4] - 1885 ^[5] (formerly station master at Whatstandwell, afterwards station master at Sharnbrook)
• G.E. Cookson 1885 - 1891 ^[5] (afterwards station master at Wilnecote)
• Henry Pitt 1891 - 1893 ^[5] (afterwards station master at Rushden)
• W.S. Orchard 1893 - 1896 ^[5]
• A. Roper 1896 ^[5] - 1910 (formerly station master at Higham Ferrers, afterwards station master at Wellingborough)
• Mr. Goatman 1910 ^[6]
• Mark Avery 1910 - 1921 ^[7] (afterwards station master at Stanton Gate)
• Albert Edgar Brinklow ca. 1925
• Joseph Higgs ca. 1942
• H.L. Stanton from 1944
• Edward A. Steele ca. 1950

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Isham and Burton Latimer		Midland Railway Midland Main Line		Wellingborough

References

1. Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
2. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 176. 1914. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
3. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 533. 1871. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
4. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 845. 1871. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
5. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 718. 1881. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
6. "Finedon" . Northampton Mercury. England. 31 December 1909. Retrieved 26 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "New M.R. Stationmasters" . Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 19 October 1921. Retrieved 26 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

 
 

52°20′51″N0°41′26″W / 52.3475°N 0.6906°W / 52.3475; -0.6906