Record Details

NHER Number:2554
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of post medieval engine shed

Summary

The site of an engine shed on the Wissington Railway, marked on an old map. It has since been demolished.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 6621 9971
Map Sheet:TL69NE
Parish:WEST DEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Engine Shed, apparently used for Wissington Railway. Marked as disused on 6 inch Ordnance Survey map. Demolished. E. Rose (NAU), 4 October 1978.

This was a 5m by 15.25m (sixteen by fifty) foot corrugated iron and timber building in 1920.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 25 July 1985.

Monument Types

  • RAILWAY TRANSPORT SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Monograph: Darsley, R.. 1984. The Wissington Railway: a Fenland enterprise.. p 16.

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