Waterhouses railway station (Durham)

Waterhouses
Waterhouses station, 1958
General information
LocationEsh Winning, County Durham
England
Grid referenceNZ192416
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 November 1877Opened
29 October 1951Closed to passengers
28 December 1964Closed to freight

Waterhouses railway station, on the Deerness Valley Railway, south of the village of Esh Winning in County Durham, England, was opened on 1 November 1877 by the North Eastern Railway.[1] The station served as the passenger terminus of the line, although goods wagons continued to East Hedley Hope and Waterhouses collieries.

In 1914 Connie Lewcock, who led the local suffragettes, assisted by Joss Craddock burnt down the railway building at Esh Winning. Lewcock had designed a system that gave her an alibi. By the time the wooden building was alight she had an alibi. She was assisted by a miner named Joss Craddock.[2] The building burnt down but the Police could not make formal charges as she had witnesses who could testify that she was with them at the time of the fire. Lewcock became a popular politician and she was appointed an OBE in the New Years Honours List in 1966.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 29 October 1951, and freight on 28 December 1964.

The stone and timber built station[1] was demolished and the site is now a park. The trackbed now forms part of the Deerness Valley Railway Path.[3]

  Deerness Valley Railway
Overview
LocaleCounty Durham
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length8 miles (13 km)
Legend
East Coast Main Line to Chester-le-Street
 Durham
Lanchester Valley Railway to Consett
Durham to Bishop Auckland Line to Bishop Auckland
East Coast Main Line to Darlington
 Ushaw Moor
New Brancepeth Colliery
Ushaw Moor Colliery
Hamsteels, Esh, and Cornsay collieries
 Waterhouses
Waterhouses Colliery
East Hedley Hope Colliery
Stanley Inclines
Stanley Drift Mines
Wooley Colliery
Bank Foot Coke Works/Chemical Plant
Stanhope and Tyne Railway to Consett
Crook
West Durham Railway to Byers Green
Weardale Extension Railway to Bishop Auckland


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ushaw Moor
Line and station closed 		  North Eastern Railway
Deerness Valley Railway 		  Terminus

References

  1. ^ a b "Station Name: WATERHOUSES (Durham)". Disused Stations.
  2. ^ a b Pugh, M. (2005-05-26). Lewcock [née Ellis], Constance Mary [Connie] (1894–1980), suffragette and socialist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 29 November 2017, from http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-89853.
  3. ^ "Deerness Valley Railway Path". Long Distance Walkers Association.

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