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Monument record MDR7993 - Midland Railway, Bretby Colliery Branch

Type and Period (1)

  • (Georgian to Victorian - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

(Centred SK 275 208) Bretby Branch of the Midland Railway (named on map), leaving the Leicester and Burton Branch Railway at SK 2616 1934 and ending at SK 2870 2240, serving three collieries en route plus a brick works. (1-2) Bretby Colliery Branch (named on map) (3-4). Dismantled Railway (named on map) (5-6).

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Map: OS. 1884. Sheet Derbys LVII SW/Staffs XLI SW. 1:10560.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1888. OS County Series 1:10560, sheet: Derbyshire LX NW, surveyed 1881-1882, published 1888. 1:10560.
  • <3> Map: OS. 1924. Sheet Derbys LVII SW/Staffs XLI SW. 1924. 1:10560.
  • <4> Map: OS. 1920. OS County Series 1:10560, sheet Derbys LX NW/Staffs XLVIIA NW. Edition of 1925, revised 1920. 1:10560.
  • <5> Map: OS. 1982. OS 1:10 000 1982. 1:10 000.
  • <6> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1976. 1:10000.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 27280 20617 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish SWADLINCOTE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jul 25 2017 4:23PM

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