Industrial record MCC5246 - Kelvedon-Tiptree-Tollesbury Light Railway
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 9216 1411 (10319m by 10376m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL91SW |
| County | ESSEX |
| Civil Parish | MESSING-CUM-INWORTH, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
| Civil Parish | TIPTREE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The Kelvedon-Tiptree-Tollesbury (Crab and Winkle) Light Railway branch line was opened in 1904 and closed in May 1951. The station at Tolleshunt D'Arcy (EHER 45186; TL93261236) was built on the site of a demolished post-medieval building, Burnt House. The station in Tiptree was located at TL 89201631.
A short section of the former railway was visible on an 1983 OS AP and was mapped as part of the 2011 NMP update.<4><5>
A trial-trenched evaluation was undertaken along part of the route in 2017, in advance of the installation of an Anglian Water pipeline, between TL 8789 1771 and TL 8890 1659. The works revealed a shallow topsoil onto a clay natural. Trenches 6 and 7 contained a mixed ballast deposit, containing fragments of ballast, clinker and iron railway fittings such as carriage bolts, the remnants of the Tollesbury to Kelvedon light railway track bed.<6>
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SEX66819 DESC TEXT: Lovell, Rev. Keith. 1999. The Crab and Winkle Line. www.tollesbury.org/history.
- <2> SEX66818 DESC TEXT: Tyrell, Geoffrey. 1998. The Crab and Winkle Line - The Blackwater Railway that ran out of steam.
- <3> SEX62926 DESC TEXT: Medlycott, Maria. 2003. Tolleshunt D'Arcy Historic Settlement Assessment.
- <4> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000.
- <5> SEX69920 AP: Ordnance Survey. 1983. OS/83/127/27.
- <6> SCC73066 Evaluation Report: Haskins, Anthony. 2017. Grange Farm S98 Scheme, Tiptree. Archaeological Evaluation Report.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Feb 28 2017 9:53AM