Record Details
NHER Number: | 2554 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of post medieval engine shed |
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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 |
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Map Sheet: | TL69NE |
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Parish: | WEST DEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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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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