Kenwith Castle Halt railway station

Kenwith Castle Halt

Map showing the position of Kenwith Castle Halt
Location
Place Bideford
Area Torridge
Coordinates 51°01′27″N 4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°WCoordinates: 51°01′27″N 4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°W
Grid reference SS431273
Operations
Original company Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Pre-grouping British Electric Traction
History
20 May 1901[1][2] Opened
28 March 1917 Closed[3]
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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]

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 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

References

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway

Legend
Appledore
Lovers' Lane Halt
Richmond Road Halt
Northam
Beach Road
Westward Ho!
Cornborough
Abbotsham Road
Kenwith Castle Halt
Causeway
The Lane Halt
Locomotive shed
Strand Road Halt
0,0 Bideford Quay
Bideford
 North Devon Railway
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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.