SLHS Tramway South
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Further Information..
A full treatise on the tramway’s history: Warwickshire Railways-GWR
Walking the current remains: Firkling Blog1992: David & Nigel Shaw: StratfordTramway
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Stratford to Moreton-in-Marsh - South Of Shipston
Last update: 31/10/2024
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Lemington Lane crosses the tramway. Painting by Sean Bolan 1987
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Intermediate Stations
In the southern section there were functioning wharves* at: Longdon Road and Stretton-on-Fosse. Later the branch to Shipston was built. There were no passing loops at all.
Let’s now look at the known traders in the south section (probably more to add to this list) and then the conversion to steam running..
A superb map showing the very southerly end showing its junction with the GWR
David Shaw 2021
*Wharf is William James’ canal speak for tram stop or depot.
Proceed now to next page: Tramway Closure
Aerial view of Moreton Station
Stretton-on-Fosse Station after conversion to steam operation c1940
Already a centre of the wool trade as a result of such a boom in trade Moreton grew enormously
Converting the tramway to railway track. Many bridges had to be raised often using plate steel.
And in reverse the newly constructed SMJ had to go be built underneath the tramway.
Clifford Chamber 1921
Moreton-in-Marsh: Boom In Trade
If you look at this page Plan Of Moreton *Wharf 1835 you will see that from opening, in just 9 years, a large number of well organised warehouses had been built by many entrepreneurs. Trade was booming. Transport systems do this.
Moreton thrived and became so important that the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway decided to build a completely new line here. When the GWR took them over they decided to extend a branch line to Shipton and replaced the tramway track
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