Whitmore Staffordshire railway station

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Location: Whitmore, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: ONE_PLACE_STUDY Staffordshire

Wikipedia article on Whitmore railway station

From The Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford :

In 1808 he [ Edward Mainwaring (1736-1825)] ... granted to Hugh Henshall Williamson a 31 years’ lease, at a nominal rent, of certain lands at Biddulph for the purpose of making an Iron Railway there.^[1]

In November 1832 the Grand Junction Railway advertised that ^[2]

Whitmore station opened onto the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. It was at Baldwins Gate village near the edge of Whitmore Parish.

Name	Age	Birthplace	Address	Occupation	Household	Page ref	Wikitree
Thomas Davis	25	-	Whitmore Station 1	Clerk	676	11
Robert Cross	25	-	Whitmore Station 1	Laborer	676	11
William Cross	20	-	Whitmore Station 1	Laborer	676	11
Peter Rhead	30	Staffordshire, England	Whitmore Station 2	Porter	677	11	Peter Rhead (1807-)
Frances Rowley	40	Staffordshire, England	Whitmore Station 3	Engineer	678	11
Joseph Fletcher	30	-	Whitmore Station 4	Porter	679	11
Thos Haight	30	Staffordshire, England	Whitmore Station 4	Lodger	679	11
William Sherwin	25	Staffordshire, England	Whitmore Heath 8	Porter	687	13

At the time of the 1851 census the following people were associated with the railway:

Name	Age	Birthplace	Address	Occupation	Household	Page ref	Wikitree
Donald Montgomery	30	Scotland	Whitmore heath	Agent at Whitmore Railway Station	52	22	Donald Montgomery (1821-abt.1884)
Henry Myatt	40	Whitmore, Staffordshire, England	Whitmore heath	Labourer	53	22	Henry Myatt (1810-1891)
John Weir	36	Dublin, Ireland	Whitmore heath	Clerk Railway Station	54	23	John Weir (1817-)
George Pearson	23	Bygrave, Derbyshire, England	Whitmore heath	Porter at Whitmore railway	55	23	George Pearson (1828-)
Michael McDonald	49	Ireland	Whitmore heath	Porter at the railway	56	23	Michael McDonald (1802-)
John Tyson	33	Westmorland, England	Whitmore heath	Pointsman at the Whitmore station	57	24	John Tyson (1818-)
John Williams	36	Denbighshire, England	Whitmore heath	Pointsman at the Whitmore Railway	58	24	John Williams (1818-)
Samuel Dutten	30	Nantwich, Cheshire, England	Whitmore heath	Railway Inspector	59	24	Samuel Dutton (1821-)
George Holdoress	58	Gravesend, Kent, England	Whitmore heath	Pointsman at the L&NW Railway	60	24	George Holderness (1799-1873)
Peter Rhead	44	Staffordshire, England	Whitmore heath	Porter for London & NorthWestern R	61	25	Peter Rhead (1807-)
John Burrows	34	W, Cheshire, England	Whitmore heath	Servant of Railway	62	25	John Burrows (1816-)
Hugh Harding	35	Mare, Staffordshire, England	Whitmore heath	Railway Plate Layer	48	21	Hugh Tankard Harding (1817-1887)
James Rhead	39	Madley, Cheshire, England	Whitmore heath	Railway labourer	44	18	James Rhead (1815-1892)
William Turnbull	50	Lanchester, Durham, England	Whitmore heath	Railway labourer	45	19	William Turnbull (1801-)
Richard Merrell	24	M??, Cheshire, England	Whitmore heath	Railway labourer	41	18	Richard Merrill (1827-1854)
Joseph Mason	26	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire	Whitmore heath	Railway clerk	41	18	Joseph Mason (1825-)

On 29 June 1937 the Coronation Scot engine created a world record of 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) while travelling through Whitmore station.

The station closed in 1952.

Railway cottages built by the railway company: https://drawingthestreet.com/2017/08/26/station-cottages-on-the-grand-junction-railway/

Whitmore troughs: https://jimquest.com/wp-content/uploads/TrackPansTrainsMagazine.pdf

Sources

1. ↑ Cavenagh-Mainwaring, J. G. The Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford. An account of the family, and its connections by marriage and descent; with special reference to the Manor of Whitmore. about 1935. page 100 retrieved through archive.org
2. ↑ The Staffordshire Advertiser 3 November 1832 https://www.findmypast.com.au/image-share/a9c0c8cb-46d8-4340-b6bb-45b87cb49531