Monument record MDR14118 - Cray's Hill signal post, Swanwick
Type and Period (1)
- RAILWAY SIGNAL (Georgian to Victorian - 1800 AD to 1882 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A railway signal post appears here on the 1st edition 25" OS map of c. 1880. It is no longer extant on modern OS mapping. (1-2)
A signal post situated just south of the former level crossing across Cray's Hill. It is situated on the former Swanwick Colliery Railway [SMR 31800], which ran from the Midland Railway Company's line at Butterley to the former Swanwick Colliery [SMR 16216]. The signal post has large basal supporting timbers on either side of the main post. There are two drilled holes about two thirds of the way up the post, but otherwise there was no sign of any signals in 2013. Nothing remains of the signal post shown on historic OS maps further to the north. (3)
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SDR18789 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
- <2> SDR20816 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). Current Mastermap and 1:10000 series.
- <3> SDR22066 Unpublished document: Monk, C. 2013. Swanwick Colliery Railway: Industrial Archaeological Remains. Includes photographs.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 4172 5316 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWANWICK, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Jan 9 2018 11:06AM