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Kenwith Castle Halt railway station

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History
Infrastructure
Micro history
References

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|name = Kenwith Castle Halt
|image_name = Map BWHA Railway.jpg
|caption = Map showing the position of Kenwith Castle Halt
|locale = Bideford
|borough = Torridge
|coordinates = {{coord|51.0241|-4.2379|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|gridref = SS431273
|platforms =
|original = Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
|pregroup = British Electric Traction
|postgroup =
|years = 1901
|events =
|years1 = 20 May 1901^[1]^[2]
|events1 = Opened
|years2 = 28 March 1917
|events2 = Closed^[3]
|years3 =
|events3 =
|}}Kenwith Castle Halt was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in north Devon, close to Bideford, serving the nearby castle of that name.^[4] It lay 1 mile and 75 chains from Bideford Quay.^[5]

History

This was to have been the site of the junction for a line running over ten miles to Clovelly.^[6]

Infrastructure

Kenwith Castle Halt had no platform or shelter and was sited at an ungated level crossing on the road to the castle; the gates had been removed in 1905.^[7] The line ran through a cutting at this point. No sidings or freight facilities were provided.^[8]^[9]

Micro history

In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.^[10]

{{Disused Rail Start}}{{rail line
|next = {{stnlnk|Causeway}}
Line and station closed
|previous = {{stnlnk|Abbotsham Road}}
Line and station closed
|route = Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
|col = {{Temporary rail colour|{{G&SW colour}} }}
}}{{s-end}}

References

{{Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway RDT}}{{Commons category|Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway}}

Notes

1. ^Jenkins, Page 44
2. ^Baxter, Page 8
3. ^Jenkins, Page 123
4. ^Jenkins, Page 110
5. ^Jenkins, Page 62
6. ^Jenkins, Page 33
7. ^Jenkins, Page 141
8. ^Jenkins, Page 93
9. ^Jenkins, Page 96
10. ^Baxter, Page 6

Sources

Baxter, Julia & Jonathan (1980). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore railway 1901-1917. Pub. Chard. {{ISBN|0-9507330-1-6}}.
Christie, Peter (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. {{ISBN|1-898546-08-8}}.
Garner, Rod (2008). The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway. Pub. Kestrel Railway Books. {{ISBN|978-1-905505-09-8}}.
Griffith, Roger (1969). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. School project and personal communications. Bideford Museum.
Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oxford : Oakwood Press. {{ISBN|0-85361-452-0}}.
Stuckey, Douglas (1962). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917. Pub. West Country Publications.

5 : Disused railway stations in Devon|Former Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway stations|Railway stations opened in 1901|Railway stations closed in 1917|Torridge District

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