The Edge Hill Light Railway
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| This
is a set of Plans and Sections of the proposed route for the Railway.
These were produced in accordance with the Light Railways Act, 1896
& 1912, and were part of the Conveyancing Documents
that were needed when the Edge Hill Light Railway Company
acquired the land over which the railway was laid. |
| This
map shows in red the route of the proposed railway. The railway was
divided into 6 sections. The original map is not very clear either. |
This
plan shows the route from its start on the SMJR at the top (red) to the
three terminus points near Nadbury Camp, Hornton and Shenington. The
iron stone railways north of Banbury can be seen. EH O is Edge Hill.
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| Another map showing the destinations of the unbuilt sections. |
| This OS map shows the location of the railway relative to Banbury. 0 is Edge Hill. |
| * to * is the route of the railway as built. CAD
is Central Ammunition Dump which was built about 1942 over Marlborough
and Owlington Farms. Note rare spelling mistake on the map: Purton not
Burton. |
| A good map showing the route as built. The
interesting bits are in the middle. Note that one branch line was to be
taken to Nadbury Camp, our Iron Age Hill Fort. It was to be
quarried away. |
| This aerial photograph covers the same area as the map above. The Army Camp has obliterated just about all of the EHLR route on its land. |
| This
aerial photograph shows where there are remains of the railway on
the ground, such as embankments, walls and cuttings. Trees are growing
well on the old railway route. |
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