Chipping Norton Railway (1st edition softback in near fine condition)

Watkins, Alan; Morris, Brenda

ISBN 10: 1445618842 / ISBN 13: 9781445618845

Published by Amberley Publishing, 2014

About this Item

Published by Amberley Publishing Ltd in 2014, here is the first softback printing of Alan Watkins and Brenda Morris' CHIPPING NORTON RAILWAY. Pictorial matt card covers, 126 generously illustrated pages the book is in near fine condition with some light shelf wear to the card covers.

Seller Inventory # 15469

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chipping Norton Railway (1st edition softback in near fine condition)
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1445618842
• ISBN 13: 9781445618845
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway, which the Chipping Norton Railway is a part of, developed in several stages. The first section to open was the branch from Kingham to Chipping Norton on the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway in 1855. The section from Chipping Norton to King's Sutton (just south of Banbury on the Great Western Railway main line) was completed in 1881. The line ran through a number of stations, including Hook Norton, Bloxham, Adderbury and King's Sutton, before entering Banbury. In 1951, British Railways withdrew passenger services between Chipping Norton and King's Sutton. A landslide at Hook Norton in 1958 caused freight services to be halted between Hook Norton and Chipping Norton. Chipping Norton Railway is a fascinating account of the people who worked the line, those who rode it and those who remember it fondly still.

About the Author

The Chipping Norton Local History Society was formed in the 1970s with a view to opening a museum in the town. This dream was realized in 1985 after a donation from a Mr. Pitt of Chadlington of a collection of farm tools and memorabilia. Chipping Norton Museum is now in its twenty-fourth year and is still owned and run by the society, who hold monthly talks and lectures throughout the year and have large archives to help family history projects. They have published numerous other titles, including Chipping Norton Through Time.