Watchingwell Halt, was an intermediate station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway ,situated near the hamlet of Upper Watchingwell , that started life as a private halt. It was built at the bequest of Sir John Barrington Simeon

Sir John Simeon, 4th Baronet

Sir John Stephen Barrington Simeon, 4th Baronet was one of the two Members of Parliament for Southampton at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. He was born at Swainston Manor in West Wight on 31 August 1850 and succeeded his father, the 3rd baronet, in 1870. He served in...

, M.P

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Southampton, in 1897, not included in timetables available to the general public until the creation of the Southern

Southern Railway (Great Britain)

The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...

  in 1923, and closed in 1953. It was, by its very nature, a sparsely used station It is now a private residence Watchingwell Station adorned with railway memorabilia.

External links

• History of FYNR