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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 45 NE 30 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Former Chevening halt |
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Summary
Site of railway halt on the Westerham Valley banch line opened in 1881 and closed in 1961.
Grid Reference: | TQ 4955 5673 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ45NE |
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Parish: | CHEVENING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Constructed for the Dunton Green to Westerham branch line opened in 1881. Timber platform and waiting shed replaced by concrete after WW2. Line disused from 1955 halt demolished and subsequently built over as part of M25 development. (1)
From The national Monuments Record:
Site of railway halt on the Westerham Valley banch line opened in 1881 and closed in 1961. (2)
Historic England archive material: BF006328 CHEVENING HALT, CHEVENING
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Mitchel and Smith: Southern Main Lines: Orpington to Tonbridge 1992 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> H. P. White, 1964, A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2 (Monograph). SKE32114.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1>XY | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Mitchel and Smith: Southern Main Lines: Orpington to Tonbridge 1992. [Mapped feature: #68570 Railway station, ] |
<2> | Monograph: H. P. White. 1964. A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2. |
Related records
TQ 45 NE 25 | Part of: WESTERHAM VALLEY BRANCH RAILWAY (Monument) |