NHER 13596 (Monument record) - Route of Lynn and Wisbech Railway (Wisbech to Magdalen Road)

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Summary

This line was opened by the East Anglian Railway Company on 1 February 1848. It began near Watlington at a junction with the Lynn and Ely Line (NHER 13594), and had stations at Magdalen Road, Middle Drove, Smeeth Road and Emneth and Wisbech, before crossing the county boundary. There was also a siding at Wiggenhall. In 1964 it closed to freight, and on 9 September 1968 it closed completely.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF50NW
Civil Parish	MARSHLAND ST. JAMES, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	RUNCTON HOLME, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WALSOKEN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WATLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WEST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WIGGENHALL ST MARY MAGDALEN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Later the East Anglian Railway (later Great Eastern). East-west line 1848, closed 1964 (goods) 1968 (passengers). Magdalen Road-Wiggenhall Siding-Middle Drove-Smeeth Road (siding)-Emneth-county boundary.

(S1) (railways added around 1860) marks a Walsoken station at what was later Meadow Lane Crossing.

Line at Marshland St James used as farm track, in parts ploughed out; some crossing houses remain; also iron girder bridge across Middle Level Main Drain, now used as road and path.
E. Rose (NAU), 20 May 1988.

A signal box remains at the site of Smeeth Road station which is to be converted to an office retaining the original form.
However this was never done and the box is proposed for removal.
(S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 May 2004.

The bridge across the flood relief channel was still extant in 2008 and could date from the 1950s.
See (S3).
E. Rose, 2008.
Compiled by S. Howard (HES), 7 March 2011.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF13082 Aerial Photograph: TG5309 B,C.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 50 NW 6.
<S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
<S2> SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
<S3> SNF79829 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2008. List of sites for inclusion on Historic Environment Record..

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2018 3:00PM