Asfordby railway station was a station serving the villages of Asfordby and Kirby Bellars in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two villages. It opened in 1846 and was originally named Kirby, but had been renamed Asfordby by 1863.[1] It closed to passengers in 1951 but remained in use for goods until 1964.[2]

Asfordby
Site of the station in 1993
General information
LocationAsfordby, Leicestershire
England
Grid referenceSK713182
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1846Opened as Kirby
1 December 1857Renamed Asfordby (late Kirby)
1 May 1903Renamed Asfordby
2 April 1951Station closed for passengers
1964station closed for goods

History

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It was opened by the Midland Railway on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station building were designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood.[3] The contractors Norman and Grimson undertook to build it for £744 8s 6d. and it was remarkably similar to the station at Rearsby.

It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.


Stationmasters

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  • Charles Allen 1847 - 1892[4]
  • H. Ellis 1892[5] - 1899 (formerly station master at Moira)
  • William Williamson 1899 - 1928[6]
  • W. Stephenson 1933 - 1935[7] (afterwards station master at Annesley)
  • Walter Wilson 1935
  • H.E. Harrison ca. 1945

The site today

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Trains still pass the site on the Birmingham to Peterborough line.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Frisby   Midland Railway
Birmingham to Peterborough Line
  Melton Mowbray

References

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  1. ^ Bradshaws General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, Feb 1863.
  2. ^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
  3. ^ "The Railway Stations of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Asfordby". Grantham Journal. England. 14 May 1892. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Moira". Burton Chronicle. England. 28 April 1892. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Presentation to late Asfordby Stationmaster". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 25 August 1928. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Asfordby Stationmaster". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 10 October 1935. Retrieved 7 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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