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Title: Stansfield Hall Station - TAS001000
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Title
Stansfield Hall Station - TAS001000
Description
The station, or halt, was at the junction of the Todmorden Curve with the spur from Hall Royd and was originally known as White Platts Junction. A December 1868 timetable shows limited local services stopping although a station is usually said to have opened here in August 1869 when Blackpool specials from Yorkshire first stopped here and timetabled it as Stansfield Hall. Later timetables until about 1890 reverted to referring to it as White Platts. The general consensus is that the station was built so that Blackpool trains from Yorkshire did not by-pass Todmorden. Some local historians though suggest it was originally built for the convenience of Joshua Fielden, a substantial and outspoken L&YR shareholder, of nearby Stansfield Hall when became an MP in 1868.
Date
2014-09-26T19:44:31
Rights
PHDA - Todmorden Antiquarian Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
TAS001000.tif
Collection
Citation
“Stansfield Hall Station - TAS001000,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/34899.
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