Brooksby railway station

Brooksby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Brooksby, Hoby and Rotherby in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the Brooksby to Hoby road.

Brooksby
Brooksby Station remains in 1962
General information
LocationBrooksby, Leicestershire
England
Grid referenceSK669163
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1846Opened
3 July 1961Closed

History

The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station buildings were larger than most on the line, considering it served a small village. The stationmasters' house was designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood.[1] The contractors T.W.& H. Herbert undertook to build it for £1,921.

It closed in 1961. It remained in use for goods until 1964.[2] The station became grade II listed building in 1979.[3]

Stationmasters
  • Benjamin Isett ca. 1851
  • Thomas Howitt ca. 1861 - 1863
  • Joseph Clemenstone 1863 - ca. 1865
  • John Ballentine ca. 1871 - 1879
  • Lot Gilby 1879 - 1883
  • John Jameson 1883 - 1900
  • Henry E. Haines 1900[4] - 1903 (formerly station master at Watnall, afterwards station master at Helpston)
  • Samson Seddon 1903 - 1926[5] (formerly station master at Syston)
  • J.H. Roberts ca. 1928 (also station master at Rearsby)
  • Luke Randolph Benson ca. 1933 - 1942 (also station master at Rearsby)
  • T.A. Goddard 1942 - 1944[6] (afterwards station master at Leigh)
  • T.T. Perkins 1944
  • G.W.S. Springs 1944 - ca. 1945
  • L. Cope ca. 1957
Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Rearsby   Midland Railway
Leicester to Peterborough		   Frisby

References
  1. "The Railway Stations of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
  3. Historic England. "BROOKSBY STATION (1074999)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. "Midland Railway Changes". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1908. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Good Service". Grantham Journal. England. 20 March 1926. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Leigh. New Stationmaster". Staffordshire Advertiser. England. 15 July 1944. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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