Borrowash railway station

Borrowash railway station was a station at Borrowash in Derbyshire.

Borrowash
Borrowash station in 1961
LocationBorrowash, Erewash
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Counties Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
British Railways
Key dates
4 June 1839First opened
1 May 1871New station opened
1 May 1898renamed Borrowash for Ockbrook
1 April 1904renamed Borrowash
14 February 1966Closed [1]

History
The station site in 2013, still an active line as the main route between Nottingham and Derby

It was built in 1839 for the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway. This line is now part of the Midland Main Line between Long Eaton and Derby

It was at first only a temporary building in the cutting. Its first station master was a Mr. Portlock.

During the building of the line it was necessary to cut through an Anglo-Saxon barrow. It may have been the scene of a massacre for many skulls were found, of people aged from 18 to 60, cloven by Danish battleaxes, some being presented to Derby Museum.[2]

A new station was built in 1871, for a time known as Borrowash for Ockbrook, it closed to passengers in 1966 and was demolished in 1994.

The original station became a private house and survives today. The remains of a flight of steps to the former platform can still be made out.

Station masters
  • Mr. Portlock ca. 1839
  • Thomas Dobson 1840 - ????
  • William Richard Boddington ???? - 1876
  • John Frederick Rose 1876 - 1884
  • R. Herbert 1885 - 1889
  • Richard Foskett 1889 - 1899[3] (afterwards station master at Hemel Hempsted)
  • G. Ravenhall 1899 - 1900[4] (afterwards station master at Kegworth)
  • George Pinkerton 1900 - 1915[5] (formerly station master at Shirehampton)
  • Arthur Fourt ???? - 1922[6] (afterwards station master at Sileby)
  • Noel Manton ca. 1930 (afterwards station master at Wilnecote)
  • Christopher Bell ca. 1934 ca. 1940
  • G. Adrard ca. 1953
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Spondon
Line and station open		   Midland Railway
Midland Main Line		   Draycott and Breaston
Line open, station closed

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.,
  2. Heath, P. (ed) (2005) Melbourne 1820-1875: A Diary by Joseph Briggs, Melbourne Historical Research Group
  3. "Borrowash. Presentation to the Station-Master". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 14 April 1899. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Kegworth Station". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 8 August 1900. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Borrowash". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 20 February 1915. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Borrowash". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 13 December 1922. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Bibliography
  • The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with Foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society
  • Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.


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