Kenwith Castle Halt railway station

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Kenwith Castle Halt
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Map showing the position of Kenwith Castle Halt
General information
Location Bideford, Torridge
England
Coordinates 51°01′27″N4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°W / 51.0241; -4.2379 Coordinates: 51°01′27″N4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°W / 51.0241; -4.2379
Grid reference SS431273
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Pre-grouping British Electric Traction
Key dates
20 May 1901 [1] [2] Opened
28 March 1917Closed [3]
The old railway cutting from the site of the halt. BWH&AR Kenwith Castle cutting in 1969-70.jpg
The old railway cutting from the site of the halt.

Kenwith Castle Halt was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in north Devon, close to Bideford, serving the nearby castle of that name. [4] It lay 1 mile and 75 chains from Bideford Quay. [5]

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History

This was to have been the site of the junction for a line running over ten miles to Clovelly. [6]

Infrastructure

Kenwith Castle Halt had no platform or shelter and was sited at an ungated level crossing on the road to the castle; the gates had been removed in 1905. [7] The line ran through a cutting at this point. No sidings or freight facilities were provided. [8] [9]

Micro history

In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors. [10]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Abbotsham Road
Line and station closed
  Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway   Causeway
Line and station closed

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References

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
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Appledore
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Lovers' Lane Halt
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Richmond Road Halt
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Northam
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Beach Road
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Westward Ho!
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Cornborough
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Abbotsham Road
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Kenwith Castle Halt
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Causeway
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The Lane Halt
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Locomotive shed
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Strand Road Halt
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Bideford Quay
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Bideford
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Notes
  1. Jenkins, Page 44
  2. Baxter, Page 8
  3. Jenkins, Page 123
  4. Jenkins, Page 110
  5. Jenkins, Page 62
  6. Jenkins, Page 33
  7. Jenkins, Page 141
  8. Jenkins, Page 93
  9. Jenkins, Page 96
  10. Baxter, Page 6
Sources
  1. Baxter, Julia & Jonathan (1980). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore railway 1901-1917. Pub. Chard. ISBN   0-9507330-1-6.
  2. Christie, Peter (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. ISBN   1-898546-08-8.
  3. Garner, Rod (2008). The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway. Pub. Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN   978-1-905505-09-8.
  4. Griffith, Roger (1969). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. School project and personal communications. Bideford Museum.
  5. Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oxford : Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-452-0.
  6. Stuckey, Douglas (1962). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917. Pub. West Country Publications.