Information for record number MWA1438:
Broom Mills Railway Station, Broom, Arrow

Summary Broom Mills Railway Station which was built during the Imperial period The remains of the station are situated 300m west of the post office, Broom.
What Is It?  
Type: Railway Station
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Arrow
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Railway station of 1879. Tracks were lifted in 1965. Now used by WCC Highways department.
2 The remains of the Railway station are used by Warwickshire CC as a Highways Depot. The bridge has been removed. It is recommended that the station be fully recorded photographically and offered to the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley in Derbyshire.
3 Remains of station and immediate area sold by Warwickshire County Council on 29th February 2008 to private owners.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Industrial Archaeology of the Lower Arrow Valley, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Saville G E
Date: 1979
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: A435 Bypass Phase 2/III
Author/originator: Palmer S C
Date: 1993
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Personal Comment
Author/originator: Gareth Severs
Date: 2013
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Glossary

 
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Description  
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument RAILWAY STATION * A place where railway trains regularly stop for taking up and setting down passengers or for receiving goods for transport. back
monument POST OFFICE * A building, department or shop where postal business is carried on. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back
monument DEPOT * A building or site used as a storage and distribution centre. back

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