EPW008734 ENGLAND (1923). A stone-processing depot for Barrow Hill Quarry, Stoney Stanton, 1923
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| Title | [EPW008734] A stone-processing depot for Barrow Hill Quarry, Stoney Stanton, 1923 |
| Reference | EPW008734 |
| Date | 1923 |
| Link | |
| Place name | STONEY STANTON |
| Parish | STONEY STANTON |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 448938, 295957 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.2780445787653, 52.558886227966 |
| National Grid Reference | SP489960 |
Pins
 This is part of Stoney Stanton Pipe Works, looking slightly north of west. The site is now occupied by Calor Gas. |
 Stan Driver |
Thursday 31st of October 2013 12:55:47 PM |
| Stoney Stanton Sidings |
 Class31 |
Friday 2nd of August 2013 10:47:03 PM |
| The tree shadow and the flare on the lens might suggest we are looking generally in southward direction.
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 Maurice |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 07:15:56 AM |
| The three arch bridge and the similar bridge in the background might well be a clue for someone who knows the area. |
Maurice |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 06:47:37 AM |
These also have feel of the Great Central about them. The location of two private sidings on opposite sides of a straight line, between two bridge and under the control of a single signal box must ring bells somewhere. (Sorry about the pun!) |
Maurice |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 07:13:40 AM |
| Steam Lorry leaving and a number of horses and carts arriving. |
Maurice |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 06:46:30 AM |
| Signal Box. THis is not a GWR design or a Midland design. I suspect it is a Great Central design. This may narrow down possible locations if I am correct. |
Class31 |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 10:58:25 PM |
I think I agree with the Great Central ... most gable end ridge roof boxes. |
Maurice |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 07:10:25 AM |
Looks very much like a LNW type 4 design |
 bescotbeast |
Sunday 22nd of September 2013 01:18:51 PM |
| Factory/works siding....
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Horsegunner |
Saturday 4th of May 2013 11:19:58 AM |
User Comment Contributions
At long last I have it! I instinctively looked over this area several times and could not pick anything up. Then a new online railway atlas is brought to my attention and I click about three times and come upon two sets of siding serving quarries in exactly the pattern seen here. A check against a modern aerial image and the OS map confirms with the distinctive field shape and the fact that the old sidings are industrial estates, or similar, on the same shape sites. To the north (right) and the south (left) and well out of this picture are signs of old quarry working, probably iron ore (but I am happy to be corrected). The railway is the London and North Western Railway, but in 1923 part of the newly formed London Midland and Scottish Railway route from Nuneaton to South Wigston Junction to the north of Sapcote. We are looking in the direction of Elmesthorpe Station just beyond the bridge but out of picture at the top, with the line continuing to Hinckley and Nuneaton. Behind the camera the line goes to Croft, Narborough and South Wigston which is between Leicester and Market Harborough. The quarries to the south of the line are around Stoney Stanton while those to the north are now the other side of the motorway. (M69) |
Maurice |
Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 01:35:14 PM |
There is a full description of the iron ore industry of this part of South Leicestershire at http://www.ouhistory.org.uk/oh117.pdf This includes the names of many quarries but unfortunately does not include a map. It also says that it is difficult to trace the railway line connecting to the main line. I beg to differ, as the routes seem very clear especially those elements included in this picture. I have looked at the associated pictures listed below, but I am unable to locate them with any certainty as the field boundaries have been lost or altered by housing and industrial development as well as the construction of the M69. I also suspect that some of the pits have been 'reclaimed', landscaped or otherwise tidied up. Also the shapes of the pits when flooded may appear differently to those shown in the original pictures. |
Maurice |
Friday 2nd of August 2013 10:52:06 PM |
Hi Maurice, Thanks for the location and additional information. You may be interested to know that the original Aerofilms Ltd Register entry says "Spillars Milling, Dockhead, London." We'll update the catalogue and post your new data here in due course. Yours, Katy Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader |
 Katy Whitaker |
Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 01:35:14 PM |
Became Pipe Works on the South Leicestershire Railway Line, Stoney Stanton, now owned by Calor Gas. |
Wichard |
Sunday 25th of August 2013 08:59:52 PM |
Well done Maurice for getting this one which has been unidentified for some time. This means we also have the other one of the same area so you have identified the location of both! Excellent. |
Class31 |
Friday 2nd of August 2013 11:33:59 PM |
Well spotted Maurice |
Dave Brunt |
Friday 2nd of August 2013 11:33:59 PM |
View is looking west. |
Class31 |
Friday 2nd of August 2013 10:48:47 PM |
Also see images EPW008947 and EPW008941 which seem to be in the same territory with the same type of rock/mineral product being quarried. |
Maurice |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 06:56:10 AM |
I believe that this photo and EPW008957 show the same location. |
Class31 |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 06:29:10 AM |
I am certain this is the same location, but not on the same day. The image numbers are some 180 apart and the two lines of wagons are not the same vehicles. |
Maurice |
Saturday 15th of June 2013 06:29:10 AM |