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'''Denbigh Hall railway station''' was a temporary [[terminus station]] on the [[London and Birmingham Railway]] in the [[Denbigh, Milton Keynes|Denbigh]] area of what is now [[Milton Keynes]] in Buckinghamshire, England. It was open for less than six months, between April and September 1838, and was situated near a point where the railway crossed [[Watling Street]], about {{convert|1|mi}} north of the current location of [[Bletchley railway station]], though Bletchley did not open until after Denbigh Hall had closed.
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'''Denbigh Hall railway station''' was a temporary [[terminus station]] on the [[London and Birmingham Railway]] in the [[Denbigh, Milton Keynes|Denbigh]] area of what is now [[Milton Keynes]] in Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated about {{convert|1|mi}} north of [[Bletchley railway station]], near a point where the railway crossed [[Watling Street]]. It was open for less than six months, between April and September 1838.


==History==
==History==
The route of the London and Birmingham Railway was designed and engineered by [[Robert Stephenson]]. One of the major civil engineering projects on the line was the {{convert|1|mi|656|yd|km}} long [[Kilsby Tunnel]] in Northamptonshire,<ref>Yonge, page 10</ref> between [[Bletchley]] and [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]]. Work on this tunnel was delayed, due to the builders unexpectedly encountering [[quicksand]], and the route was not ready for the scheduled opening of the railway on 9 April 1838.<ref name=Kilsby>{{cite web|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/RAkilsby.htm|title=Kilsby Tunnel|publisher=Spartacus Educational|accessdate=1 October 2019|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903160013/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAkilsby.htm|archivedate=3 September 2013}}</ref>{{efn|Some sources state a date of 9 April 1836, however this is almost certainly incorrect.}} As a temporary measure, Denbigh Hall station was built near the point where the line crossed Watling Street, allowing passengers to [[bustitution|transfer to stage-coaches]] to continue their journey to {{stnlnk|Rugby}},{{efn|This was not the current station at Rugby, but another temporary station, lasting between 1838 and 1840, north-west of the current location.<ref>Butt, page 201</ref><ref name=Dewick>Dewick, page 10</ref>}} also near Watling Street, a distance of approximately {{convert|37|mi}}.<ref name=heritage>{{Cite web|url=http://transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=500|title=Denbigh Hall Bridge, Bletchley|publisher=Our Transport Heritage|accessdate=21 February 2013}}</ref> The station was named after an inn on Watling Street, dating from 1710.<ref name="MKH">"Milton Keynes Heritage" (map) - [[English Partnerships]] 2004</ref> The bridge over Watling Street still survives, but has been extended as the railway has widened.
The route of the London and Birmingham Railway was designed and engineered by [[Robert Stephenson]]. Two of the major civil engineering projects on the line were the six-span, {{convert|18|m}} high [[Wolverton railway station#Wolverton viaduct|Wolverton viaduct]] over the [[river Great Ouse]],<ref name="wsah">{{cite web|url=http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/archive/wsah/hood/docs/aqueductbook1.html | author1= Geoffrey Ealden | author2= Anna McEvoy | author3= Julia Newman | author4= Andra Roach | author5= Peter Smith
| publisher = Wolverton Society for Arts and Heritage and Milton Keynes Heritage Association | title = Wolverton: From Aqueduct to Viaduct | access-date = 7 December 2007}}</ref> and the {{convert|1|mi|656|yd|km}} long [[Kilsby Tunnel]] near [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]].<ref>Yonge, page 10</ref> Work on this tunnel was prolonged, due to the builders unexpectedly encountering [[quicksand]], and the route was not ready for the scheduled opening of the railway on 9 April 1838.<ref name=Kilsby>{{cite web|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/RAkilsby.htm|title=Kilsby Tunnel|publisher=Spartacus Educational|access-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903160013/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAkilsby.htm|archive-date=3 September 2013}}</ref>{{efn|Some sources state a date of 9 April 1836, however this is almost certainly incorrect.}} As a temporary measure, Denbigh Hall station was built near the point where the line crossed Watling Street, allowing passengers to [[bustitution|transfer to stage-coaches]] to continue their journey to [[Rugby railway station#First station (1838–40)|Rugby station]],{{efn|This was not the modern station at Rugby, but another temporary station, lasting between 1838 and 1840, north-west of the current location.<ref>Butt, page 201</ref><ref name=Dewick>Dewick, page 10</ref>}} also near Watling Street, a distance of approximately {{convert|37|mi}}.<ref name=heritage>{{Cite web|url=http://transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=500|title=Denbigh Hall Bridge, Bletchley|publisher=Our Transport Heritage|access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref> Denbigh Hall station was named after a nearby inn on Watling Street, dating from 1710.<ref name="MKH">"Milton Keynes Heritage" (map) - [[English Partnerships]] 2004</ref> The [[Denbigh Hall railway bridge|bridge over Watling Street]] still survives, but has been extended as the railway has widened.


The station closed with the opening of Kilsby Tunnel on 17 September 1838,<ref>Butt, page 77</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbirmingham.htm |title=London and Birmingham |publisher=Spartacus Educational |accessdate=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303193148/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbirmingham.htm |archivedate=3 March 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> though the line still exists, forming part of the [[West Coast Main Line]] from London to Glasgow. The connection with the [[Varsity Line]], which joins nearby, still bears the name Denbigh Hall Junction.<ref>Yonge, page 9</ref>
The station closed with the opening of Kilsby Tunnel on 17 September 1838,<ref>Butt, page 77</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbirmingham.htm |title=London and Birmingham |publisher=Spartacus Educational |access-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303193148/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbirmingham.htm |archive-date=3 March 2013 }}</ref> though the line still exists, forming part of the [[West Coast Main Line]] from London to Glasgow. The [[Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms#C|chord]] with the (much later) line from {{rws|Oxford}} (via the [[Bletchley Flyover]]) joins the main line nearby and bears the name "Denbigh Hall Junction".<ref>Yonge, page 9</ref>


Due to the temporary nature of the station, no images of it or records of its layout are known to exist, but a contemporary engraving by [[George Dodgson Callow]] and [[William Radclyffe]] shows a train on the bridge in its immediate vicinity.<ref>Roscoe, facing page 76</ref>
Due to the temporary nature of the station, no images of it or records of its layout are known to exist, but a contemporary engraving by [[George Dodgson Callow]] and [[William Radclyffe]] shows a train on the bridge in its immediate vicinity.<ref>Roscoe, facing page 76</ref>


==Commemoration==
==Commemoration==
[[File:Denbigh Hall bridge inscription - 2013-03-09.jpg|thumb|left|Inscription on Denbigh Hall bridge]]
[[File:Denbigh Hall bridge inscription - 2013-03-09.jpg|thumb|upright 0.75|Inscription on Denbigh Hall bridge]]
In 1920, [[Herbert Leon]], [[Leon baronets|1st baronet]] of the nearby [[Bletchley Park]], commissioned a plaque on the bridge to commemorate the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingarchive.org.uk/includes/external/myrailwaymemories/intro.html|title=Bletchley: Introduction|publisher=Living Archive|accessdate=21 February 2013}}</ref> The plaque reads:
In 1920, [[Herbert Leon]], [[Leon baronets|1st baronet]] of the nearby [[Bletchley Park]], commissioned a plaque on the bridge to commemorate the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingarchive.org.uk/includes/external/myrailwaymemories/intro.html|title=Bletchley: Introduction|publisher=Living Archive|access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref> The plaque reads:


{{Quote|Prior to September 1838 the southern part of this railway terminated at this bridge whence passengers were conveyed by coach to Rugby where they rejoined the railway for Birmingham. Inscribed by Sir Herbert Leon Bart and Lady Leon of Bletchley Park Bucks. By permission of the [[London and North Western Railway|L&NW Railway Company]] August 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hughes|first=Les|title=Henry Mundy: A Young Australian Pioneer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9woJ84V1PpIC&pg=PA15&dq=%22southern+part+of+this+railway+terminated+at+this+bridge%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vKQpUdTVOumj0QXw_IAQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22southern%20part%20of%20this%20railway%20terminated%20at%20this%20bridge%22&f=false|accessdate=24 February 2013|date=27 November 2003|publisher=Next Century Books|isbn=978-0954401122|page=15}}</ref>}}
{{Quote|Prior to September 1838 the southern part of this railway terminated at this bridge whence passengers were conveyed by coach to Rugby where they rejoined the railway for Birmingham. Inscribed by Sir Herbert Leon Bart and Lady Leon of Bletchley Park Bucks. By permission of the [[London and North Western Railway|L&NW Railway Company]] August 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hughes|first=Les|title=Henry Mundy: A Young Australian Pioneer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9woJ84V1PpIC&dq=%22southern+part+of+this+railway+terminated+at+this+bridge%22&pg=PA15|date=27 November 2003|publisher=Next Century Books|isbn=978-0954401122|page=15}}</ref>}}


==Service summary==
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{{rail line |next={{stnlnk|Rugby}}<br /><small>By stagecoach</small> |previous=[[Leighton Buzzard railway station|Leighton]]{{efn|Now called {{rws|Leighton Buzzard}}. {{rws|Bletchley}} did not open until 1846, about eight years after Denbigh Hall had closed.}}<br /><small>Line and station open</small> |route=[[London and Birmingham Railway]] |col={{LNWR colour}} }}
{{rail line |next=[[Rugby railway station#First station (1838–40)|Rugby]]<br /><small>By stagecoach</small> |previous=[[Leighton Buzzard railway station|Leighton]]{{efn|Now called {{rws|Leighton Buzzard}}. {{rws|Bletchley}} did not open until after Denbigh Hall had closed.}}<br /><small>Line and station open</small> |route=[[London and Birmingham Railway]] |col={{LNWR colour}} }}
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==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|last=Dewick|first=Tony|date=2002|edition= 1st|title=Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names|publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan Publishing Ltd]]|location=Hersham|isbn=0-7110-2798-6}}
*{{cite book|last1=Roscoe|first1=Thomas|authorlink1=Thomas Roscoe|last2=Lecount|first2=Peter|title=The London and Birmingham Railway|year=c. 1838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwoHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=8 March 2013}}
*{{cite book|last1=Roscoe|first1=Thomas|author-link1=Thomas Roscoe|last2=Lecount|first2=Peter|title=The London and Birmingham Railway|year=c. 1838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwoHAAAAQAAJ}}
*{{cite book|last=Yonge|first=John|authorlink=|editor=Gerald Jacobs|title= Railway Track Diagrams - Book 4: Midlands & North West (Quail Track Plans)|url=http://www.trackmaps.co.uk|accessdate=21 February 2013|edition=2nd|year=2005|publisher=Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co.)|location=Bradford on Avon|isbn=0-9549-8660-1|oclc=133041211}}
*{{cite book|last=Yonge|first=John|editor=Gerald Jacobs|title= Railway Track Diagrams - Book 4: Midlands & North West (Quail Track Plans)|url=http://www.trackmaps.co.uk|access-date=21 February 2013|edition=2nd|year=2005|publisher=Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co.)|location=Bradford on Avon|isbn=0-9549-8660-1|oclc=133041211}}


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Latest revision as of 19:23, 3 December 2024

Not to be confused with Denbigh railway station.

Denbigh Hall
A contemporary engraving of the Denbigh Hall railway bridge, near the site of the temporary station, with the same view taken in 2013 for comparison.
General information
LocationMilton Keynes
England
Coordinates52°00′36″N 0°44′38″W / 52.010°N 0.744°W / 52.010; -0.744
Grid referenceSP861354
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and Birmingham Railway
Key dates
9 April 1838 (1838-04-09)Opened
17 September 1838 (1838-09-17)Closed
Location
Map

Denbigh Hall railway station was a temporary terminus station on the London and Birmingham Railway in the Denbigh area of what is now Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. It was open for less than six months, between April and September 1838, and was situated near a point where the railway crossed Watling Street, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the current location of Bletchley railway station, though Bletchley did not open until after Denbigh Hall had closed.

History

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The route of the London and Birmingham Railway was designed and engineered by Robert Stephenson. Two of the major civil engineering projects on the line were the six-span, 18 metres (59 ft) high Wolverton viaduct over the river Great Ouse,[1] and the 1 mile 656 yards (2.209 km) long Kilsby Tunnel near Rugby.[2] Work on this tunnel was prolonged, due to the builders unexpectedly encountering quicksand, and the route was not ready for the scheduled opening of the railway on 9 April 1838.[3][a] As a temporary measure, Denbigh Hall station was built near the point where the line crossed Watling Street, allowing passengers to transfer to stage-coaches to continue their journey to Rugby station,[b] also near Watling Street, a distance of approximately 37 miles (60 km).[6] Denbigh Hall station was named after a nearby inn on Watling Street, dating from 1710.[7] The bridge over Watling Street still survives, but has been extended as the railway has widened.

The station closed with the opening of Kilsby Tunnel on 17 September 1838,[8][9] though the line still exists, forming part of the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow. The chord with the (much later) line from Oxford (via the Bletchley Flyover) joins the main line nearby and bears the name "Denbigh Hall Junction".[10]

Due to the temporary nature of the station, no images of it or records of its layout are known to exist, but a contemporary engraving by George Dodgson Callow and William Radclyffe shows a train on the bridge in its immediate vicinity.[11]

Commemoration

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Inscription on Denbigh Hall bridge

In 1920, Herbert Leon, 1st baronet of the nearby Bletchley Park, commissioned a plaque on the bridge to commemorate the station.[12] The plaque reads:

Prior to September 1838 the southern part of this railway terminated at this bridge whence passengers were conveyed by coach to Rugby where they rejoined the railway for Birmingham. Inscribed by Sir Herbert Leon Bart and Lady Leon of Bletchley Park Bucks. By permission of the L&NW Railway Company August 1920.[13]

Service summary

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Leighton[c]
Line and station open 		  London and Birmingham Railway   Rugby
By stagecoach

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denbigh Hall railway bridge.

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources state a date of 9 April 1836, however this is almost certainly incorrect.
  2. ^ This was not the modern station at Rugby, but another temporary station, lasting between 1838 and 1840, north-west of the current location.[4][5]
  3. ^ Now called Leighton Buzzard. Bletchley did not open until after Denbigh Hall had closed.

References

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  1. ^ Geoffrey Ealden; Anna McEvoy; Julia Newman; Andra Roach; Peter Smith. "Wolverton: From Aqueduct to Viaduct". Wolverton Society for Arts and Heritage and Milton Keynes Heritage Association. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  2. ^ Yonge, page 10
  3. ^ "Kilsby Tunnel". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. ^ Butt, page 201
  5. ^ Dewick, page 10
  6. ^ "Denbigh Hall Bridge, Bletchley". Our Transport Heritage. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Milton Keynes Heritage" (map) - English Partnerships 2004
  8. ^ Butt, page 77
  9. ^ "London and Birmingham". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  10. ^ Yonge, page 9
  11. ^ Roscoe, facing page 76
  12. ^ "Bletchley: Introduction". Living Archive. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  13. ^ Hughes, Les (27 November 2003). Henry Mundy: A Young Australian Pioneer. Next Century Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-0954401122.

Bibliography

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