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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 14 NE 10 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Elham Valley Line |
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Summary
Now disused, the Elham Valley railway line ran from Cheriton Junction, 1.12 miles west of Shorncliffe, to Harbledown Junction, 1.5 miles south of Canterbury West. It opened northwards as far as Barham (TR 20 49) on 4th July 1887 and throughout on 1st July 1889 but passenger traffic was always light, and in later years suffered heavily from bus competition along the parallel road, though agricultural traffic used to be heavy. Singled during the first world war, partly closed to passengers in the second, the branch was finally closed to passengers from 16th June and altogether from 10th October 1947.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1707 4712 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR14NE |
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| Parish: | BARHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| BRIDGE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| KINGSTON, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| ELHAM, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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| LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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| NEWINGTON, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RAILWAY (RAILWAY, Post Medieval to Modern - 1887 AD to 1947 AD)
Full description
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[TR 191 368 to TR 136 573] Dismantled railway [NAT] (1)
The Elham Valley railway line ran from Cheriton Junction, 1.12 miles west of Shorncliffe, to Harbledown Junction, 1.5 miles south of Canterbury West. It opened northwards as far as Barham (TR 20 49) on 4th July 1887 and throughout on 1st July 1889 but passenger traffic was always light, and in later years suffered heavily from bus competition along the parallel road, though agricultural traffic used to be heavy. Singled during the first world war, partly closed to passengers in the second, the branch was finally closed to passengers from 16th June and altogether from 10th October 1947. (2)
<1> OS 1:50000 1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE48231.
<2> Regional Hist of Rlys of GB 2 S Eng 1969 67 (HP White) (OS Card Reference). SKE49132.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: OS 1:50000 1986. [Mapped feature: #7976 railway, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Regional Hist of Rlys of GB 2 S Eng 1969 67 (HP White). |
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