Monument record MDR550 - Central Railway Station, Station Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith

Type and Period (3)

WATER TANK (Victorian - 1867 AD to 1867 AD)
RAILWAY STATION (Victorian - 1867 AD to 1867 AD)
GOODS SHED (Victorian - 1867 AD to 1867 AD)

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None recorded

Full Description

Chapel-en-le-Frith Station appears on the 1st edition 25" OS map of c.1880. (1) This is a stone station building with an entrance canopy. It also has a stone-based water tank and goods shed. It is on the Midland Railway, Buxton to Manchester extension and was opened to passengers in 1867. It was closed in 1967. The station building is now used as a DIY shop [1984]. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SDR18789 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
<2> SDR4751 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D. 1984. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part I. Borough of High Peak. pp 11-12.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 054 808 (19m by 42m) (Centre)
Civil Parish	CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2015 8:48AM