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Emneth railway station

Coordinates: 52°39′33″N 0°13′00″E / 52.6592°N 0.2166°E / 52.6592; 0.2166
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Emneth
Former station building in 2006.
General information
LocationEmneth Hungate, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
England
Coordinates52°39′33″N 0°13′00″E / 52.6592°N 0.2166°E / 52.6592; 0.2166
Grid referenceTF500091
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingEast Anglian Railway
Great Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 March 1848Opened
9 September 1968Closed[1]

Emneth was a railway station, near Wisbech, which served the village of Emneth, Norfolk. The station was opened in 1848 as an extension of the East Anglian Railway's line from Magdalen Road station (now known as Watlington) to Wisbech East. In 1872 Elizabeth Pearce, twelve year-old daughter of a nearby crossing keeper, drowned in the 'Tea-water pit'. [2] The station's location, like that of the neighbouring Middle Drove station, was fairly rural and the line eventually closed in 1968. In October 1942, a hoard of Roman silver coins together with fragments of an urn in which they were stored was found near the station.[3] Emneth's station building survived closure, and has since been converted into a private residence.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Walsoken   British Rail
Eastern Region

Wisbech Line
  Smeeth Road

References

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  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 91.
  2. ^ "Old Walsoken". Lynn Advertiser. 6 July 1872. p. 5.
  3. ^ Wright (1946). "Roman Britain in 1945: I. Sites Explored: II. Inscriptions". The Journal of Roman Studies. 36, Parts 1 and 2. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies: 133–148. doi:10.2307/298046. JSTOR 298046. S2CID 250348084.