 Railway Ramblers gazetteer
See also the Railway Ramblers gazetteer -
Kirklees : Wakefield - Batley - Adwalton Junction |
Adwalton junction to Batley
section
Drighlington & Adwalton
  Opened 20-08-1856. Closed 30-12-1961.
Drighlington and Adwalton station (c1960) :
Dennis Sefton
See also Ardsley to Laisterdyke section |
 Drighlington and Adwalton
station painting : Gary Hunter
I am currently in the process of building a web site and have yet to
complete it. I will provide a link once my website is up and running as
I have painted lots of local trains around West Yorkshire and would be
delighted to share more with your audience on your site.
In the meantime this painting is for sale here -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/291757929578?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT |
Adwalton junction
 Adwalton junction c1959 :
Melvyn Aveyard
This is loco No 42116 at Adwalton junction.
Just behind the train the Adwalton to Dewsbury line,
joins the Adwalton to Tingley line,
which ran through Gildersome & Morley top stations.
I don't know the exact date of the picture,
but believe it to be about 1959. Adwalton station is just in front of the train,
the picture may well have been taken from the platform.
The road crossing the line is Field Head lane. |
 Hybrid
Map Adwalton Junction GNR & Leeds New Line (roads 2005 rails 1960s)
: David Webdale |
 Adwalton junction
OS map 1985 |
 Adwalton junction : Maggie Blanck
website -
www.maggieblanck.com/Land/PhotosBirstall.html
Train approaching Adwalton junction, running from Morley Top via
Gildersome.
The old brickworks chimney visible in the background, still in
existence, this building is now the Brickworks pub.
The houses just visible to the front left of the loco are on Wakefield
road at Drighlington. |
 A62
Gelderd Road (07-12-07) :
Andrew Stopford
A62 Gelderd Road, Birstall, looking towards Nab Lane. Bridge parapet
from GNR Batley-Adwalton line. |
 A62
Gelderd Road (07-12-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Looking along what was the line of the GNR Batley-Adwalton
line - Gelderd Road bridge parapet visible beneath Bella Italia.
The line ran right through ToysRus! |
 Robert
Hudson foundry (09-1928) : c/o John Barraclough
The photo on this link might be of interest. It's
taken some locating but is in fact the Robert Hudson foundry with its
GNR/LMS sidings on the Adwalton/Wakefield line, just east of Gildersome
station and now completely gone, under the industrial estate. The
railway manufacturing connection makes it particularly interesting.
Vents from Gildersome Tunnel on the Leeds New Line are visible and the
embankment top left is Asquith Avenue. |
/028%20Howden%20Clough_small.jpg) Howden
Clough
Opened
01-11-1866. Closed 29-11-1952.
Howden Clough map (1890) : Malcolm Mallison
6 inch maps from the 1890 survey. |
 Howden
Clough (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
Underneath me and running from right to left is
the Batley-Adwalton line.
Even further underneath and running from behind me to in front of me is
the Leeds New Line (looking
towards Gildersome Tunnel). Impossible to imagine! |
 Howden
Clough Leeds road bridge (18-08-06) : Andrew Stopford
I guess this is the only remains of the north
western abutment of the GN bridge over Leeds Road at Howden Clough.
It's
very difficult when you go up Nab Lane to orientate how the bridge
crossing of the GN line over the Leeds New was laid out because of all
that infill! |
 Howden
Clough Upper Batley Low Lane bridge (1972) : Andrew James Bennett c/o
Heather Banham
I have recently had the pleasure of finding this
Photo of the old Howden Clough rail viaduct taken a week before it was
demolished in 1972 courtesy of Andrew James Bennett. The photo was taken
by his father when they were returning from holiday to use up the last
exposure on his camera.
I’m so glad he did, I grew up around the corner from here and have been
searching for a photograph for years! |
 Howden
Clough (02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
End of the embankment at Howden Clough. |
Upper
Batley
Opened 19-08-1863. Closed 02-02-1952.
Upper Batley & station master (nd) : John
Whitaker
 Undated view of Upper Batley station.
We thought that might be the young Samuel Drewitt, looking proud of his
station master's uniform.
See Lofthouse & Outwood section but as Mark Drewitt has pointed
out the gent on the platform is wearing a double chain on his watch from
one side of his waistcoat to the other and Samuel’s watch has only a
single chain. |
Upper Batley & station master (nd) : John
Whitaker
Undated view of Upper Batley station.
 Note
: Linda Wootton
The gentleman on the platform at Upper Batley Station here, is my
Great-Grandfather Mark Winder Sugden.
From family research I know he was a foreman in the GNR goods department
(1871 census) then station master at Beeston (1881&1891 census).
He moved to Upper Batley some time after that and died in 1898 aged 54
shortly after he had been kicked in the head by a horse whilst working. |
 Upper
Batley (1910) : Peter Burnell
Upper Batley station here from 1910. |
 Upper
Batley (1910) : Peter Burnell
Upper Batley station here from 1910.
The building, wall and lamppost to the right hand of the crossing in the
first picture still exist today. (See Andrew Stopfords photo below) |
 Crossing
Upper Batley (02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
Former crossing point & gate near Upper Batley.
Lamppost & wall still in existence see above photo. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
GNR Batley-Adwalton overbridge site, Scotchman lane (Timothy Lane) Batley. Adwalton
side. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
GNR Batley-Adwalton overbridge site, Scotchman
lane (Timothy Lane) Batley side. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
GNR Batley-Adwalton trackbed, near Lamplands House
(Sunny Bank road) Upper Batley. Batley side. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
GNR Batley-Adwalton trackbed, near Lamplands House
(Sunny Bank road) Upper Batley. Adwalton side. |
 Bridge Upper Batley (02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
Bridge abutment remains near Upper Batley on the Great Northern railway,
Drighlington & Adwalton junction to Batley line. |
 Lady
Anne Crossing, Batley
(02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
Eastern abutment at Lady Anne crossing.
Here the GNR crossed the LNWR Huddersfield to Leeds line on a girder
bridge. |
 Lady
Anne Crossing, Batley
(25-12-05) : Andrew Stopford
Western abutment & Batley signal box (used to
be called Lady Anne Crossing).
During rationalization of the Batley area in 1966, this small Lady Anne
gate box, was upgraded to a full signal box,
replacing three others
controlling Batley.
This is one of the only four surviving boxes controlling Kirklees
railways. |
 Lady
Anne Crossing, Batley (26-12-08) : Peter Burnell
The Adwalton - Wakefield line crossed here over the
existing Huddersfield - Leeds Line. |
 Batley
to Ossett section
Dewsbury
& Batley Map c1900 : Ralph Rawlinson |
Batley GNR
 Opened 01-08-1890. Closed
07-09-1964.
Batley
GNR c1900 : Paul
See also Dewsbury Loop
This
is a picture of a platform at Batley station that no longer exists. I
believe it was the island platform that trains from Earlsheaton,
Dewsbury, Batley Carr came to. If you go to Batley station and go down
the steps to go over to platform 2 before you go up the steps you can
see where it has been bricked up, where u could carry on going to then
reach this platform. |
 Batley
(nd) : Paul Holroyd
Batley. |
 Batley
(nd) : Paul Holroyd
Batley. |
 Shaw
Cross line (06-06) : Andrew
Stopford
Old bridge over the Shaw Cross line just outside Batley as it was in
June this year. |
 Shaw
Cross line (06-06) : Laura McTigue
I recently visited a Cattery which is close to Batley train station and
in its garden is the old Shaw Cross line bridge.
As I walked across the bridge, I realised it was a railway bridge and
when I came down the side of it and turned round I just had to take a
picture. |
 Shaw
Cross-1 (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
I'm sure I'm standing on the line of the branch - looking
towards Batley between 'old' and 'new' Owl Lane. |
 Shaw
Cross-8 (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Leeds Road, at the point where the line went underneath,
looking towards Ossett (Parish Church spire visible). |
 Chickenley (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Looking across the new Wakefield Road (built after
the railway had gone, I think) towards Ossett.
The line came through where the new houses are centre shot. |
 Chickenley (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Shot over the top of a razor wire garden fence!
looking towards Shaw Cross from more or less the same point - trees to
right mark line of trackbed. |
Chickenley
Heath Station
2/12A_0012_small.jpg) Opened 02-07-1877. Closed 30-06-1909.
Chickenley Heath Station map
(1890) : Malcolm Mallison |
 Chickenley
Heath Station (1905) : c/o Martin Smith
Martin pointed us towards this site -
Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town - with a rare photo
of Chickenley Heath station. |
 Chickenley
Heath Station (n.d) : Geoff Rooks
Chickenley station, with the station master and
his staff, the station master is a long time family member. |
 Chickenley
Heath-1 (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Now a footpath from a car park at Pildacre Lane,
Chickenley Heath branch looking towards Runtlings Junction just south of
Pildacre Lane. |
 Chickenley
Heath-2 (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Slightly further south. |
 Chickenley
Heath-3 (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Approaching Runtlings Junction. |
 Chickenley
Heath-5 (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Between Chickenley & Pildacre Lane - looking west from
Love Lane.
Branch runs horizontally marked by line of trees & fencing centre shot. |
 Chickenley
Heath-6 (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Standing on a crossing point looking south towards
Pildacre Lane - another infrastructure survivor at left! |
 Chickenley
Heath-7 (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Same point looking north at Chickenley. |
 Chickenley
Heath (02-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Chickenley Heath branch - this part of it is now a footpath. Looking
south from Pildacre Lane towards Runtlings Junction.
The branch runs between the trees near the top of the photo. |
Runtlings Lane Junction
 Runtlings lane junction-1 (07-04-07)
: Andrew Stopford
Runtlings Junction looking north west Earlsheaton line
goes to left (through the goal posts),
Chickenley Heath line diverges to the right. |
 Runtlings lane junction-3 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Same point looking towards Ossett - new building across
trackbed. |
 Runtlings lane junction-4 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Standing on the line of the track behind the new building
in above shot - even more new building! |
 Queen
Street / The Green : Dave Watson
When the railway left Ossett station towards Dewsbury it went over a
bridge on Queen Street / The Green.
At the side of the bridge was / is a pub which was called The Masons
Arms ( now called The Tap ).
To the left of the pub still exists the bridge abutment and part of a
retaining wall. |
 Queen
Street / The Green : Dave Watson |
  Ossett Station House (03-02-07) : Andrew Stopford
Ossett Station House - it fits with the old OS map and is in line with the
Station Road overbridge.
(see below) |
 Ossett Station House (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Access to the station house that I photographed
earlier (Queen Street / The Green) - obvious railway access,
and the house indeed has a plate
saying "Station House - GNR", so I guessed right when I was there
before! |
 Ossett Station House (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Detail of surviving electrical equipment on the
wall. |
/021%20Ossett_small.jpg) Ossett
Station
Opened 07-04-1864. Closed 05-09-1964.
Pudsey Greenside station map (1890) : Malcolm Mallison
6 inch maps from the 1890 survey. |
 Ossett
Station : Dave Watson
Ossett station shortly after the track has been
lifted. |
 Station
Road overbridge (03-02-07) : Andrew Stopford
which is still there (although infilled and built either side). |
 Goods
Shed (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking from the Station Road overbridge down at the site of the Goods
Shed (view towards Wakefield) |
 Ossett
Station platform (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Standing precisely on the site of the platform (Southdale Gardens), looking towards
Wakefield.
Station Road overbridge visible running left to right. |
 Intake
Lane, Ossett (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Intake Lane, Ossett. Site of level crossing and rail exit from Ossett
Station (Wakefield to left).
Site of station & goods yard is to right. |
 Intake
Lane, Ossett (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Same spot, looking in opposite direction (station
site to left). |
 Station
& goods yard boundary (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Intake Lane infrastructure survivor! Concrete gate post marking the
boundary of the Station & goods yard. |
 Ossett-2
(07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
looking south west - the line from Wakefield went through
here at about this point in the direction of the shot.
I think the red
brick building has a 'railway' look about it. |
 Ossett-1
(07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
I think this is a surviving piece of trackbed a bit
further south west from the above shot. |
 Ossett-3
(07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
I think the grass in mid shot (now a play area) is a piece
of trackbed - Broadgate looking north east. |
Ossett tram depot
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Nothing to do with railways but a sad loss none
the less.
Driven past this impressive brick built tram shed a few times, just
noticed the demolition signs took some photo's.
This is the view from Sowood lane on the way to Ossett, just
Before Sowood Lane & Horbury Avenue.
The last time I drove past the site was completely levelled. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Looking back the other way, the main entrance to
the long shed.
Judging by the sign next to the door, the buildings look to have been
used as a materials laboratory. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Points & rails leading into the doorway. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
The long shed showing evidence of some sort of
roof vent |
   Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Canteen window, various outbuildings & a solid
white coloured house in the middle.
|
Ossett to Wakefield section
 Towngate,
Ossett
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Remains of embankment and approach to viaduct site
crossing Towngate, Ossett (looking towards Wakefield).
Now a childrens' play area. |
 Towngate,
Ossett
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking down into Towngate from the embankment. No
visible sign of any viaduct, but it was a substantial one. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Flushdyke Summit site - looking towards Wakefield
(visible in the distance). The very slight 'hump' in the grass centre shot
marks the line of the railway. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking across Wakefield Rd, Flushdyke, along the
line of the railway towards Ossett. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking back towards Wakefield Road along the
alignment of the railway.
The red and green low roofed 'shed' above the parked yellow and blue
lorries is on the line. |
/023%20Flushdyke_small.jpg) Flushdyke
Station
Opened 07-04-1862. Closed 03-05-1941.
Embankment (1890) : Malcolm Mallison
6 inch maps from the 1890 survey. |
 Flushdyke Station : Dave Watson |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Wakefield Road, Flushdyke. Site of crossing point,
presumably a bridge.
I think this would also be the site of Flushdyke Station (where the red
brick/green roofed building is). Wakefield to left. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Close up - remains of embankment. |
 Flushdyke
Rail Bridge : Dave Watson |
 Flushdyke
Rail Bridge : Dave Watson |
 Demolishing Flushdyke
Rail Bridge (1966) : Dave Watson |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
On the alignment of the railway, looking back
towards Ossett. Not much to see because of massive road building. |
Alverthorpe
(19-11-07) : Andrew Stopford
Alverthorpe. |
 Alverthorpe
(19-11-07) : Andrew Stopford
Alverthorpe. |
/022%20Alverhtorpe_small.jpg) Alverthorpe Station
Opened 10-1872. Closed 03-04-1954.
Alverthorpe station map (1890) : Malcolm Mallison
6 inch maps from the 1890 survey. |
Note : Alverthorpe Station : Michael Kaye
Alverthorpe was on a embankment after crossing
Batley Road on a bridge, standing on Batley Road near the football fields
near to Grasmere, there are a row of terraced houses going off at a slight
angle, this is where the embankment ran and there was situated the
station. |
Wrenthorpe West Junction
 Wrenthorpe
Junction (29-11-07)
: Andrew Stopford
This is Wrenthorpe Junction, Wakefield, where the line to Ossett &
Dewsbury/Chickenley diverged.
There was apparently a big embankment here, but it's been removed.
The surfaced path marks the route towards Alverthorpe, just over the hill. |
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