Weaverthorpe railway station
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Weaverthorpe railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Sherburn
on the York to Scarborough Line
and was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway
. It closed on 22 September 1930.
The station was originally named Sherburn, but was renamed Wykeham (after a village 3 miles distant) on 1 April 1874, to avoid confusion with three other stations also named Sherburn. The name changed again after the opening of a station in Wykeham itself (on the Forge Valley Line
), and the station became 'Weaverthorpe' on 1 May 1882.
Passengers wishing to go to Weaverthorpe
would have been very disappointed as that village was located 5 miles distant, over the Wolds
escarpment!
Sherburn, North Yorkshire
Sherburn is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, Sherburn parish had a population of 786.The parish council is .St...
on the York to Scarborough Line
York to Scarborough Line
The York to Scarborough Line runs between the city of York, England, and the town of Scarborough. Towns and villages served along the way are Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and Seamer.-History:...
and was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway
York and North Midland Railway
The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds.-Origins:...
. It closed on 22 September 1930.
The station was originally named Sherburn, but was renamed Wykeham (after a village 3 miles distant) on 1 April 1874, to avoid confusion with three other stations also named Sherburn. The name changed again after the opening of a station in Wykeham itself (on the Forge Valley Line
Forge Valley Line
The Forge Valley Line was a 16 mile long branch of the North Eastern Railway between Seamer and Pickering. The line was intended to link Scarborough with Pickering...
), and the station became 'Weaverthorpe' on 1 May 1882.
Weaverthorpe
Weaverthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is 13 miles from Scarborough.Weaverthorpe was listed as being in the wapentake of Buckrose....
would have been very disappointed as that village was located 5 miles distant, over the Wolds
Yorkshire Wolds
The Yorkshire Wolds are low hills in the counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in northeastern England. The name also applies to the district in which the hills lie....
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