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Timeline of the Mansfield & Pinxton RailwayYear What happened?1817 ParliamentaryapprovalgiventoconstructtheMansfield&PinxtonRailway. Workcommencedontherailway.
1819 Thelineopenedforcommercialbusinesson13thApril (EasterTuesday)withhorsedrawntrucks.
1832 Firstknownpassengerservicealongtheline.
1847 MidlandRailwayCompanyboughttheline.
1848 ExtensionopenedtoNottinghamfromajunctionatTheSummit Steamengineswereintroducedalongtheextensionline,whilehorseswerestillusedontheoriginalline. KirkbyStationOpenedonthenewextensionlinetoNottingham.
1849 TheoriginallinebetweentheSummitandMansfieldupgraded tousesteamlocomotives. ThefirstMansfieldstationwasopened.
1850 Sutton-in-AshfieldStationopened,knownastheSutton JunctionStationfrom1892. OriginallinebetweenTheSummitandPinxtonupgradedto steamlocomotives. Pinxton&NewSelstonStationopened.
1872 ThePortlandviaduct,andsharpbend,wastakenoutof commissionandreplacedwiththeHermitageviaduct,originally madefromwood.Theolderviaductwasstillusedasasiding. ThecurrentMansfieldstationwasbuilt.
1892 AdeviationwasmadetothelinerunningthroughKirkbyto reducethenumberoflevel-crossingsalongthemainroad.
1924 TheHermitageviaductwasreplacedwithanembankment. ThePortlandviaductwasbroughtbackintocommissionduring constructionwork.
1948 Nationalisationoftherailways.
1960 Mansfieldengineshedswereclosedalthoughstillstanding.
1964 Passengerserviceswerestoppedalongthisroute(bothNottingham&Pinxton)andtheRailwaystationswere closedforbusiness. Dieselenginesstartedtoreplacesteamlocomotives.
1966 Kirkbyengineshedswereclosed.
1970 ThesidingsovertheoriginalPortlandviaductwereclosedand therailsremoved.
1995 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedbetweenNottingham andMansfield,alongwhatwenowknowastheRobinHoodLine.
1998 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedtoWorksop.
2002 TheMillLane,Kirkby,bridgewasheavilymodernised,butthe originalcoreremains,makingittheoldestrailwaybridge inNottinghamshire.
2019 Celebratedthe200thanniversaryofwhatistheoldest continuouslyrunningcommercialrailway. ThePortlandviaductstillstandsastheoldestrailway viaductinEngland.
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819Mansfield Station
Thefirstterminus,knownasPortlandWharf,wasinitiallyawarehousewithloadingbaysandstables,locatedattheendofWhiteBearLane(nowStationStreet).Withtheintroductionofpassengertraffic,aPassengerTerminuswasbuiltin1849,whichbecameMansfieldStation.Thisbuildingwassupersededbya‘through’stationin1872,whichisGrade2listedandstillinusetoday.
ThismajorlandmarkinthecentreofMansfieldisGrade2listed.A15arch,200-metrelongrailwayviaductbuiltinstoneandbrickfortheMidlandRailwayCompany,standingupto18metresabovethestreetlevel,andbisectingthetowncentre.Itwasopenedtopassengertrafficon1June1875 andisstillinusetoday,takingtheRobin HoodLinefromNottinghamtoWorksop.
Halfamilesouthwestofthestation,adjacenttotheline,stoodMansfieldlocomotivesheds,withextensivesidingsandloadingyardsstretchingbetweenthetwo.Theycoveredsome12acresintotal.Theshedswerebuiltin1882andsawserviceuntil1959,whentheyweresupersededbyenlargedfacilitiesatKirkby.Theshedsstillexisttoday,usedasindustrialunits.
AdjacenttoMansfieldStation,withextensiveviewsoverthetown,theMidlandHotelwasbuiltin1805asaprivatehouse.From1850to1863itwasusedasalunaticasylum;theestatelaterbeingpurchasedbytheMidlandRailwayCompany,toaccommodatetheirrailwayconstructionworkers.In1872partoftheextensivegroundswereutilisedforthenewstationanditsapproachroad.
England’s oldest continuosly running railwayForFurtherinformationvisit:www.mansfieldandpinxton200.btck.co.uk.TherearealsoseveralvideosrelatingtothelineandourprojectonYoutube.ThankstoagrantfromtheNationalLotteryHeritageFundtheseboardswereproducedaspartofawiderprojecttocelebratethe200thanniversary
oftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway(1819-2019),England’soldestcontinuouslyrunningcommercialrailway,byapartnershipconsistingoftheKirkby&DistrictArchaeologicalGroup,OldMansfieldSociety,SuttonHeritageSocietyandthePinxton&SouthNormantonHistorySociety.
1819 M&P warehouse
Mansfield engine sheds, off Bradder Street
Midland Hotel circa 1880
Mansfield viaduct just after completion in 1872
Accident at the Mansfield engine sheds 1932
Midland Hotel
Aerial view of Mansfield showing the station yard & the 1872 viaduct.
Photo by permission of Smug Mug Inc
Schematic layout of the different phases of the Mansfield Station & yard
PinxtonWharf,
CromfordCanal&theBoatInn
PinxtonWharf:90metresabove
sealevel(295feet)
ParkLaneLevel
Crossing
PortlandPark
(Quarries)
1996KirkbyStation(1819Wharfontheoriginalline)
KirkbyHardwick&Sutton
ParkwayStation
Portland(KingsMill)Viaduct
HermitageMill
MansfieldEngineShed’s
Pinxton&NewSelston
Station
MillLaneLodge
1995JunctiontoNottingham(Robin
HoodLine)
Summit&1848junctiontoNottingham
SuttonJunctionStation
HermitageViaduct&laterembankment
SheepbridgeLane
MansfieldWharf&Station
MansfieldStation:110metresabove
sealevel(361feet)
1995linetoNottingham
(RobinHoodLine)
1848Extensionlineto
Nottingham
EastKirkbyStation
(1848-1964)
Summit:163metresabove
sealevel(535feet)
PortlandViaduct:130metresabove
sealevel(427feet)
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819Sutton Parkway Station
Timeline of the Mansfield & Pinxton RailwayYear What happened?1817 ParliamentaryapprovalgiventoconstructtheMansfield&PinxtonRailway. Workcommencedontherailway.
1819 Thelineopenedforcommercialbusinesson13thApril (EasterTuesday)withhorsedrawntrucks.
1832 Firstknownpassengerservicealongtheline.
1847 MidlandRailwayCompanyboughttheline.
1848 ExtensionopenedtoNottinghamfromajunctionatTheSummit Steamengineswereintroducedalongtheextensionline,whilehorseswerestillusedontheoriginalline. KirkbyStationOpenedonthenewextensionlinetoNottingham.
1849 TheoriginallinebetweentheSummitandMansfieldupgraded tousesteamlocomotives. ThefirstMansfieldstationwasopened.
1850 Sutton-in-AshfieldStationopened,knownastheSutton JunctionStationfrom1892. OriginallinebetweenTheSummitandPinxtonupgradedto steamlocomotives. Pinxton&NewSelstonStationopened.
1872 ThePortlandviaduct,andsharpbend,wastakenoutof commissionandreplacedwiththeHermitageviaduct,originally madefromwood.Theolderviaductwasstillusedasasiding. ThecurrentMansfieldstationwasbuilt.
1892 AdeviationwasmadetothelinerunningthroughKirkbyto reducethenumberoflevel-crossingsalongthemainroad.
1924 TheHermitageviaductwasreplacedwithanembankment. ThePortlandviaductwasbroughtbackintocommissionduring constructionwork.
1948 Nationalisationoftherailways.
1960 Mansfieldengineshedswereclosedalthoughstillstanding.
1964 Passengerserviceswerestoppedalongthisroute(bothNottingham&Pinxton)andtheRailwaystationswere closedforbusiness. Dieselenginesstartedtoreplacesteamlocomotives.
1966 Kirkbyengineshedswereclosed.
1970 ThesidingsovertheoriginalPortlandviaductwereclosedand therailsremoved.
1995 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedbetweenNottingham andMansfield,alongwhatwenowknowastheRobinHoodLine.
1998 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedtoWorksop.
2002 TheMillLane,Kirkby,bridgewasheavilymodernised,butthe originalcoreremains,makingittheoldestrailwaybridge inNottinghamshire.
2019 Celebratedthe200thanniversaryofwhatistheoldest continuouslyrunningcommercialrailway. ThePortlandviaductstillstandsastheoldestrailway viaductinEngland.
England’s oldest continuosly running railwayForFurtherinformationvisit:www.mansfieldandpinxton200.btck.co.uketc
Acknowledgements
SuttonParkwayStationwasbuiltin1995fortheRobinHoodLine.Previously,theonlystationservingSutton-in-AshfieldontheMidlandLinewasatSuttonJunction,halfamiletothenorth.In1892SuttonTownStationopenedanda¾milebranchlinelinkedthetowncentretothisLine.Thisservicebecamepopularlyknownasthe“PennyEmma”train:apennywasthefareand“Emma”camefromtheinitialsoftheMidlandRailway.
AhundredmetrestothewestofthestationliesthesiteoftheancientmanorhouseofKirkbyHardwick–justoutsidetheboundaryofSherwoodForestandclosetothesourceoftheRiverMaun(about400metressouthofthisstation).Anarchaeologicalexcavationin2012provedthatthesitehadbeenoccupiedsincethe13thcentury.AsmallsidingonceranintoasandquarryontheothersideofLowMoorRoad.
KirkbyHardwickManorwasboughtbythe4thEarlofShrewsburyin1517.In1530itprovidedanight’slodgingforamortallysickCardinalWolseyonhiswaysouthtofacetrialinLondon.HediedatLeicesterAbbeyfourdayslater.In1536theEarluseditashisbaseagainsttherebelsofthePilgrimageofGrace.TheManorHousewasdemolishedin1966,afterbeingnearlyoverwhelmedbyspoilfromSummitColliery.
AsaresultofBessofHardwick’smarriagetothe6thEarlofShrewsbury,KirkbyHardwickbecameoneofmanypropertiesownedbyherdescendants–ultimately,theDukesofPortland.The4thDukeofPortlandwasaprimemoverinthecreationoftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway,investing£5,000intheprojectwhichranmainlythroughhisland.
On the Penny Emma line
Sketch of Kirkby Hardwick house, drawn in the 1940s
Third Duke of Portland
The River Maun at Kirkby Hardwick and close to its source
Fourth Duke of Portland Cardinal Wolsey
PinxtonWharf,
CromfordCanal&theBoatInn
PinxtonWharf:90metresabove
sealevel(295feet)
ParkLaneLevel
Crossing
PortlandPark
(Quarries)
1996KirkbyStation(1819Wharfontheoriginalline)
KirkbyHardwick&Sutton
ParkwayStation
Portland(KingsMill)Viaduct
HermitageMill
MansfieldEngineShed’s
Pinxton&NewSelston
Station
MillLaneLodge
1995JunctiontoNottingham(Robin
HoodLine)
Summit&1848junctiontoNottingham
SuttonJunctionStation
HermitageViaduct&laterembankment
SheepbridgeLane
MansfieldWharf&Station
MansfieldStation:110metresabove
sealevel(361feet)
1995linetoNottingham
(RobinHoodLine)
1848Extensionlineto
Nottingham
EastKirkbyStation
(1848-1964)
Summit:163metresabove
sealevel(535feet)
PortlandViaduct:130metresabove
sealevel(427feet)
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819The Summit
Timeline of the Mansfield & Pinxton RailwayYear What happened?1817 ParliamentaryapprovalgiventoconstructtheMansfield&PinxtonRailway. Workcommencedontherailway.
1819 Thelineopenedforcommercialbusinesson13thApril (EasterTuesday)withhorsedrawntrucks.
1832 Firstknownpassengerservicealongtheline.
1847 MidlandRailwayCompanyboughttheline.
1848 ExtensionopenedtoNottinghamfromajunctionatTheSummit Steamengineswereintroducedalongtheextensionline,whilehorseswerestillusedontheoriginalline. KirkbyStationOpenedonthenewextensionlinetoNottingham.
1849 TheoriginallinebetweentheSummitandMansfieldupgraded tousesteamlocomotives. ThefirstMansfieldstationwasopened.
1850 Sutton-in-AshfieldStationopened,knownastheSutton JunctionStationfrom1892. OriginallinebetweenTheSummitandPinxtonupgradedto steamlocomotives. Pinxton&NewSelstonStationopened.
1872 ThePortlandviaduct,andsharpbend,wastakenoutof commissionandreplacedwiththeHermitageviaduct,originally madefromwood.Theolderviaductwasstillusedasasiding. ThecurrentMansfieldstationwasbuilt.
1892 AdeviationwasmadetothelinerunningthroughKirkbyto reducethenumberoflevel-crossingsalongthemainroad.
1924 TheHermitageviaductwasreplacedwithanembankment. ThePortlandviaductwasbroughtbackintocommissionduring constructionwork.
1948 Nationalisationoftherailways.
1960 Mansfieldengineshedswereclosedalthoughstillstanding.
1964 Passengerserviceswerestoppedalongthisroute(bothNottingham&Pinxton)andtheRailwaystationswere closedforbusiness. Dieselenginesstartedtoreplacesteamlocomotives.
1966 Kirkbyengineshedswereclosed.
1970 ThesidingsovertheoriginalPortlandviaductwereclosedand therailsremoved.
1995 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedbetweenNottingham andMansfield,alongwhatwenowknowastheRobinHoodLine.
1998 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedtoWorksop.
2002 TheMillLane,Kirkby,bridgewasheavilymodernised,butthe originalcoreremains,makingittheoldestrailwaybridge inNottinghamshire.
2019 Celebratedthe200thanniversaryofwhatistheoldest continuouslyrunningcommercialrailway. ThePortlandviaductstillstandsastheoldestrailway viaductinEngland.
Thesurroundingareaisknownas“TheSummit”.Thenamederivesfromthefactthatitwasthehighestpointoftherailway.FromthispointitwasdownhillallthewaytobothMansfieldandPinxton.SpringstowardsthenorthoftheSummitproducethesourceoftheRiverMaun.Althoughthereweretworiversrunninginthisregion(Maun&Erewash)therewasstillinsufficientwatertofeedtheproposedcanal,whichisoneofthereasonswhythisrailwaywasconstructedinsteadofacanal.Thelocomotivesinthephotographsarestandingontheactualsummit.
WhentheMidlandRailwayCompanypurchasedtheMansfield&PinxtonRailwaytheyconstructedanextensionfromajunctionatTheSummittoNottinghamin1848.Thatextensionusedsteamlocomotives,whichmeantthatpassengerstoMansfieldhadtochangeatthisjunctionontohorsedrawncarriagesonthemainline,untilthefollowingyear,whentheoriginallineintoMansfieldwasupgradedtosteam.
WithKirkbybeingatthecentreoftherailwayandtheestablishmentofthecollieryitbecamealogicallocationtoestablishengineshedsandsidingsatthispoint.TheywerebuiltbytheMidlandRailwayCompanyin1890andclosedtosteamon3Oct1966butcontinuedtohousediesellocomotivesuntil11Nov1970.Theywerebrickbuiltwiththreetracksandalateradjoiningtwotrackshedontheeastsideofthelines.
TheKirkbycolliery(1867-1969),sunkonthissite,becameknownastheSummitPit.Manyofthecoalminerslivedinthepurpose-builthousingestate,acrosstheroad,whichalsobecameknownas“TheSummit”estate.AmemorialtothecollieryanditsworkforcestandsclosetotheentranceofWolseyDrive(280metrestotheright).
England’s oldest continuosly running railwayForFurtherinformationvisit:www.mansfieldandpinxton200.btck.co.uk.TherearealsoseveralvideosrelatingtothelineandourprojectonYoutube.ThankstoagrantfromtheNationalLotteryHeritageFundtheseboardswereproducedaspartofawiderprojecttocelebratethe200thanniversary
oftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway(1819-2019),England’soldestcontinuouslyrunningcommercialrailway,byapartnershipconsistingoftheKirkby&DistrictArchaeologicalGroup,OldMansfieldSociety,SuttonHeritageSocietyandthePinxton&SouthNormantonHistorySociety.
Passenger train crossing The Summit. Photograph by David Dykes
Summit Colliery (also known as Kirkby Colliery)
Goods train crossing The Summit. Photograph courtesy of Bill Taylor
Memorial to the Summit Colliery and its miners. Photo courtesy
of the Kirkby Living Memory Group
Kirkby engine sheds
Buxton’s painting of the coach used on the M&P railway.
Courtesy of Mansfield Museum
Approaching the Kirkby engine sheds
Sketch of a Midland engine 1847
PinxtonWharf,
CromfordCanal&theBoatInn
PinxtonWharf:90metresabove
sealevel(295feet)
ParkLaneLevel
Crossing
PortlandPark
(Quarries)
1996KirkbyStation(1819Wharfontheoriginalline)
KirkbyHardwick&Sutton
ParkwayStation
Portland(KingsMill)Viaduct
HermitageMill
MansfieldEngineShed’s
Pinxton&NewSelston
Station
MillLaneLodge
1995JunctiontoNottingham(Robin
HoodLine)
Summit&1848junctiontoNottingham
SuttonJunctionStation
HermitageViaduct&laterembankment
SheepbridgeLane
MansfieldWharf&Station
MansfieldStation:110metresabove
sealevel(361feet)
1995linetoNottingham
(RobinHoodLine)
1848Extensionlineto
Nottingham
EastKirkbyStation
(1848-1964)
Summit:163metresabove
sealevel(535feet)
PortlandViaduct:130metresabove
sealevel(427feet)
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819Kirkby Wharf
Timeline of the Mansfield & Pinxton RailwayYear What happened?1817 ParliamentaryapprovalgiventoconstructtheMansfield&PinxtonRailway. Workcommencedontherailway.
1819 Thelineopenedforcommercialbusinesson13thApril (EasterTuesday)withhorsedrawntrucks.
1832 Firstknownpassengerservicealongtheline.
1847 MidlandRailwayCompanyboughttheline.
1848 ExtensionopenedtoNottinghamfromajunctionatTheSummit Steamengineswereintroducedalongtheextensionline,whilehorseswerestillusedontheoriginalline. KirkbyStationOpenedonthenewextensionlinetoNottingham.
1849 TheoriginallinebetweentheSummitandMansfieldupgraded tousesteamlocomotives. ThefirstMansfieldstationwasopened.
1850 Sutton-in-AshfieldStationopened,knownastheSutton JunctionStationfrom1892. OriginallinebetweenTheSummitandPinxtonupgradedto steamlocomotives. Pinxton&NewSelstonStationopened.
1872 ThePortlandviaduct,andsharpbend,wastakenoutof commissionandreplacedwiththeHermitageviaduct,originally madefromwood.Theolderviaductwasstillusedasasiding. ThecurrentMansfieldstationwasbuilt.
1892 AdeviationwasmadetothelinerunningthroughKirkbyto reducethenumberoflevel-crossingsalongthemainroad.
1924 TheHermitageviaductwasreplacedwithanembankment. ThePortlandviaductwasbroughtbackintocommissionduring constructionwork.
1948 Nationalisationoftherailways.
1960 Mansfieldengineshedswereclosedalthoughstillstanding.
1964 Passengerserviceswerestoppedalongthisroute(bothNottingham&Pinxton)andtheRailwaystationswere closedforbusiness. Dieselenginesstartedtoreplacesteamlocomotives.
1966 Kirkbyengineshedswereclosed.
1970 ThesidingsovertheoriginalPortlandviaductwereclosedand therailsremoved.
1995 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedbetweenNottingham andMansfield,alongwhatwenowknowastheRobinHoodLine.
1998 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedtoWorksop.
2002 TheMillLane,Kirkby,bridgewasheavilymodernised,butthe originalcoreremains,makingittheoldestrailwaybridge inNottinghamshire.
2019 Celebratedthe200thanniversaryofwhatistheoldest continuouslyrunningcommercialrailway. ThePortlandviaductstillstandsastheoldestrailway viaductinEngland.
England’s oldest continuosly running railwayForFurtherinformationvisit:www.mansfieldandpinxton200.btck.co.uk.TherearealsoseveralvideosrelatingtothelineandourprojectonYoutube.ThankstoagrantfromtheNationalLotteryHeritageFundtheseboardswereproducedaspartofawiderprojecttocelebratethe200thanniversary
oftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway(1819-2019),England’soldestcontinuouslyrunningcommercialrailway,byapartnershipconsistingoftheKirkby&DistrictArchaeologicalGroup,OldMansfieldSociety,SuttonHeritageSocietyandthePinxton&SouthNormantonHistorySociety.
TheRiverErewash,whichplayedasignificantroleintheIndustrialRevolution,risesjustnorthoftheAldicarpark,butrunsinculvertsacrossthetowncentre.ItgetsitsnamefromtheAnglo-Saxonwords:‘IRRE’meaningwandering,and‘WISC’meaningamarshystream.Therivermeanderssouth-westwardstowardsPinxton,beforeswingingsouthtoformpartoftheNotts/DerbysBorder,onits17-milejourneytojointheRiverTrentatAttenboroughNatureReserve.
ThisboardstandsontheoriginaltrackbedoftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway.Theroughroadopposite,whichcontinuesasafootpathtoPortlandPark,wasthetrackbedofthe1819railway;itoncehadasignalboxontheleftcornerandlevelcrossinggatesacrosstheroad.Thispartoftheoriginallinewasdiscontinuedin1892whenitmergedwiththe1848Nottinghamextension,toreducethenumberoflevelcrossingsonKirkby’smainroad,whichhadagatedcrossingandstationnearPortlandStreet.
Onthissite,100yearsago,stoodtheKingsPalaceCinema,oneofthreethatexistedinKirkby.Itopenedin1912,withseatingfor500people.Abalconywasaddedin1919.ItwasrefurbishedwithaPicturetoneSoundSystemin1930andflourished,withlivespecialityactsbetweenthefirstandsecondhouses.Itclosedon15July1961withthefilm‘Let’sMakeLove’,starringMarilynMonroe,andwasconvertedforuseasagarage.Demolishedin2016tomakewayforthiscarpark.
OriginallybuiltasarowofcottagesadjacenttoKirkbyWharf,atthepointwheretheMansfieldandPinxtonRailwaycrossedUrbanRoad,thewholerowwasconvertedearlyinthe19thcentury,becomingTheRailwayInn.ThislastedasapublichouseuntilitwasdemolishedtomakewayfortheAldiStore.
The King’s Cinema
River Erewash, close to Portland Park
Outside the Kirkby railway station 1949
Track-bed of the M&P railway 1949
The Railway Inn
The former Railway Inn
The Kings Cinema once stood next to the former M&P railway
track bed
PinxtonWharf,
CromfordCanal&theBoatInn
PinxtonWharf:90metresabove
sealevel(295feet)
ParkLaneLevel
Crossing
PortlandPark
(Quarries)
1996KirkbyStation(1819Wharfontheoriginalline)
KirkbyHardwick&Sutton
ParkwayStation
Portland(KingsMill)Viaduct
HermitageMill
MansfieldEngineShed’s
Pinxton&NewSelston
Station
MillLaneLodge
1995JunctiontoNottingham(Robin
HoodLine)
Summit&1848junctiontoNottingham
SuttonJunctionStation
HermitageViaduct&laterembankment
SheepbridgeLane
MansfieldWharf&Station
MansfieldStation:110metresabove
sealevel(361feet)
1995linetoNottingham
(RobinHoodLine)
1848Extensionlineto
Nottingham
EastKirkbyStation
(1848-1964)
Summit:163metresabove
sealevel(535feet)
PortlandViaduct:130metresabove
sealevel(427feet)
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819Portland Park
Timeline of the Mansfield & Pinxton RailwayYear What happened?1817 ParliamentaryapprovalgiventoconstructtheMansfield&PinxtonRailway. Workcommencedontherailway.
1819 Thelineopenedforcommercialbusinesson13thApril (EasterTuesday)withhorsedrawntrucks.
1832 Firstknownpassengerservicealongtheline.
1847 MidlandRailwayCompanyboughttheline.
1848 ExtensionopenedtoNottinghamfromajunctionatTheSummit Steamengineswereintroducedalongtheextensionline,whilehorseswerestillusedontheoriginalline. KirkbyStationOpenedonthenewextensionlinetoNottingham.
1849 TheoriginallinebetweentheSummitandMansfieldupgraded tousesteamlocomotives. ThefirstMansfieldstationwasopened.
1850 Sutton-in-AshfieldStationopened,knownastheSutton JunctionStationfrom1892. OriginallinebetweenTheSummitandPinxtonupgradedto steamlocomotives. Pinxton&NewSelstonStationopened.
1872 ThePortlandviaduct,andsharpbend,wastakenoutof commissionandreplacedwiththeHermitageviaduct,originally madefromwood.Theolderviaductwasstillusedasasiding. ThecurrentMansfieldstationwasbuilt.
1892 AdeviationwasmadetothelinerunningthroughKirkbyto reducethenumberoflevel-crossingsalongthemainroad.
1924 TheHermitageviaductwasreplacedwithanembankment. ThePortlandviaductwasbroughtbackintocommissionduring constructionwork.
1948 Nationalisationoftherailways.
1960 Mansfieldengineshedswereclosedalthoughstillstanding.
1964 Passengerserviceswerestoppedalongthisroute(bothNottingham&Pinxton)andtheRailwaystationswere closedforbusiness. Dieselenginesstartedtoreplacesteamlocomotives.
1966 Kirkbyengineshedswereclosed.
1970 ThesidingsovertheoriginalPortlandviaductwereclosedand therailsremoved.
1995 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedbetweenNottingham andMansfield,alongwhatwenowknowastheRobinHoodLine.
1998 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedtoWorksop.
2002 TheMillLane,Kirkby,bridgewasheavilymodernised,butthe originalcoreremains,makingittheoldestrailwaybridge inNottinghamshire.
2019 Celebratedthe200thanniversaryofwhatistheoldest continuouslyrunningcommercialrailway. ThePortlandviaductstillstandsastheoldestrailway viaductinEngland.
England’s oldest continuosly running railwayForFurtherinformationvisit:www.mansfieldandpinxton200.btck.co.uk.TherearealsoseveralvideosrelatingtothelineandourprojectonYoutube.ThankstoagrantfromtheNationalLotteryHeritageFundtheseboardswereproducedaspartofawiderprojecttocelebratethe200thanniversary
oftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway(1819-2019),England’soldestcontinuouslyrunningcommercialrailway,byapartnershipconsistingoftheKirkby&DistrictArchaeologicalGroup,OldMansfieldSociety,SuttonHeritageSocietyandthePinxton&SouthNormantonHistorySociety.
Thisbottompathwasoncethetrackbedoftheoriginalrailwaybutupgradingtheroute(1848-50)fromhorsedrawntruckstosteamlocomotionmeanthavingtocutoutsharpcornersthatonceenabledthehorsestogoaroundthehills,toenablethesteamlocomotivestogostraighterandfaster.Originallytherewasan“S”bendatthispointwhichtooktherailsacrossthecurrentstraightened-outline.Looktoyourleftaftercrossingtherailwayandyouwillseethecontinuationoftheoriginalroutealongthesideofthehedgerow.Abranchlinewasalsoaddedatthispoint,in1898,toBentinckcolliery.
Uponthehilltothesouthofthisboardoncestoodtheruinsofamansion,partlyfundedbyBessofHardwick,thatwasnevercompleted.InJune1599SirCharlesCavendish(sonofBess)wasvisitingthebuildingsiteofhisnewmansion,whenhewasset-uponbySirJohnStanhopeandhisparty.SirCharlesandSirJohnsurvivedtheaffray,butotherswerekilledormaimed.Asaresultofthiseventthenewmansionwasnevercompleted.MostofthestonefromthebuildingwastransferredtoBolsoverCastletobuildthe“LittleCastle”.Onlyalengthofwallingremainedbythe1950s,aswitnessedbythisschoolvisit,nowadaysnotracessurvive,exceptforthestory.
Aftertheintroductionofsteamlocomotives,ontheMansfield&Pinxtonrailway,signalboxeswereintroducedtocontrolthemovementoftrainsandtoensuresafetyforbothtrainsandtheirpassengers.Onesuchsignalboxstoodjusttotherightofthemoderngate,asyoucrossovertherailwayatthebottomofPortlandPark.Itwasa20-lever,threedeeppanelarrangementconstructedin1905andclosedin1988.
PortlandPark,knownlocallyas“TheQuarries”wasonceanimportantsourceoflimestoneforbothbuildingmaterialandlimeburning.StonefromthequarrywasusedintheconstructionoftheHousesofParliament.TheparkwasagiftfromtheDukeofPortlandandformorethan100yearsithasbeenusedasaleisurepark,withabandstand,children’splayarea,bowlinggreenandevenariflerange,butmorerecentlyitevolvedintoaLocalNatureReserveandaSiteofSpecialScientificInterest,duetoitsabundanceoffloraandfauna
Ruins of Cavendish House. Photographer Mr. H Jeffries Bess of Hardwick
Model of the Lower Portland signal box by Graham Upchurch
Lower Portland Signal Box, adjacent to Portland Park
Portland Park, early 1900s
Portland Park, early 1900s
PinxtonWharf,
CromfordCanal&theBoatInn
PinxtonWharf:90metresabove
sealevel(295feet)
ParkLaneLevel
Crossing
PortlandPark
(Quarries)
1996KirkbyStation(1819Wharfontheoriginalline)
KirkbyHardwick&Sutton
ParkwayStation
Portland(KingsMill)Viaduct
HermitageMill
MansfieldEngineShed’s
Pinxton&NewSelston
Station
MillLaneLodge
1995JunctiontoNottingham(Robin
HoodLine)
Summit&1848junctiontoNottingham
SuttonJunctionStation
HermitageViaduct&laterembankment
SheepbridgeLane
MansfieldWharf&Station
MansfieldStation:110metresabove
sealevel(361feet)
1995linetoNottingham
(RobinHoodLine)
1848Extensionlineto
Nottingham
EastKirkbyStation
(1848-1964)
Summit:163metresabove
sealevel(535feet)
PortlandViaduct:130metresabove
sealevel(427feet)
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819Pinxton & New Selston Station
Timeline of the Mansfield & Pinxton RailwayYear What happened?1817 ParliamentaryapprovalgiventoconstructtheMansfield&PinxtonRailway. Workcommencedontherailway.
1819 Thelineopenedforcommercialbusinesson13thApril (EasterTuesday)withhorsedrawntrucks.
1832 Firstknownpassengerservicealongtheline.
1847 MidlandRailwayCompanyboughttheline.
1848 ExtensionopenedtoNottinghamfromajunctionatTheSummit Steamengineswereintroducedalongtheextensionline,whilehorseswerestillusedontheoriginalline. KirkbyStationOpenedonthenewextensionlinetoNottingham.
1849 TheoriginallinebetweentheSummitandMansfieldupgraded tousesteamlocomotives. ThefirstMansfieldstationwasopened.
1850 Sutton-in-AshfieldStationopened,knownastheSutton JunctionStationfrom1892. OriginallinebetweenTheSummitandPinxtonupgradedto steamlocomotives. Pinxton&NewSelstonStationopened.
1872 ThePortlandviaduct,andsharpbend,wastakenoutof commissionandreplacedwiththeHermitageviaduct,originally madefromwood.Theolderviaductwasstillusedasasiding. ThecurrentMansfieldstationwasbuilt.
1892 AdeviationwasmadetothelinerunningthroughKirkbyto reducethenumberoflevel-crossingsalongthemainroad.
1924 TheHermitageviaductwasreplacedwithanembankment. ThePortlandviaductwasbroughtbackintocommissionduring constructionwork.
1948 Nationalisationoftherailways.
1960 Mansfieldengineshedswereclosedalthoughstillstanding.
1964 Passengerserviceswerestoppedalongthisroute(bothNottingham&Pinxton)andtheRailwaystationswere closedforbusiness. Dieselenginesstartedtoreplacesteamlocomotives.
1966 Kirkbyengineshedswereclosed.
1970 ThesidingsovertheoriginalPortlandviaductwereclosedand therailsremoved.
1995 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedbetweenNottingham andMansfield,alongwhatwenowknowastheRobinHoodLine.
1998 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedtoWorksop.
2002 TheMillLane,Kirkby,bridgewasheavilymodernised,butthe originalcoreremains,makingittheoldestrailwaybridge inNottinghamshire.
2019 Celebratedthe200thanniversaryofwhatistheoldest continuouslyrunningcommercialrailway. ThePortlandviaductstillstandsastheoldestrailway viaductinEngland.
England’s oldest continuosly running railwayForFurtherinformationvisit:www.mansfieldandpinxton200.btck.co.uk.TherearealsoseveralvideosrelatingtothelineandourprojectonYoutube.ThankstoagrantfromtheNationalLotteryHeritageFundtheseboardswereproducedaspartofawiderprojecttocelebratethe200thanniversary
oftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway(1819-2019),England’soldestcontinuouslyrunningcommercialrailway,byapartnershipconsistingoftheKirkby&DistrictArchaeologicalGroup,OldMansfieldSociety,SuttonHeritageSocietyandthePinxton&SouthNormantonHistorySociety.
TheMidlandRailwaytookovertheMansfield&PinxtonRailwayin1847,upgradedthetrackforlocomotives,butmaintainedthesamealignmentatNewSelston.ThePinxton&SelstonStationwasbuiltin1850.Althoughclosedtoregulartrafficin1947,itwasusedbyspecialpassengertrainsformanyyears.Thedownplatform(goingawayfromLondon)wasveryshortandreturnexcursionsfromMatlocktoMansfieldhadtodrawuptwice.Thestationwasdemolishedinthe1980s.
AmongtheresidentsofNewSelstonwereseveralardentPrimitiveMethodistswhodecidedtobuildtheirownplaceofworshipratherthanwalkamiletotheMethodistChurchonPortlandRow,Selston.Alocalstablewasusedasatemporarymeetingplaceuntilthenewchurchopenedin1904.Itremainedactiveforahundredyears,untilclosureinDecember2005.
AsmallcommunitydevelopedatNewSelstoninthelate19thcenturyastherewasplentifulworkinthelocalmines.BrookhillCollierywassunkin1908andfurtheremploymentbecameavailableatthecokeovenswhichconvertedlocalcoalintoblastfurnacecokefortheironandsteelindustry.Theovensproduced350tonsofcoke,1,500gallonsofbenzole,14-15tonsoftar,and2millioncubicfeetofgasperday.Thecokingplantclosedin1955andthemineclosedin1968withthelossofmanyjobs.
Pinxton & New Selston Station
Primitive Methodist Chapel, New Selston
Pinxton coke ovens
Pinxton Colliery & Coke ovens. Image donated by Mr. S G Harpham
Pinxton & New Selston Station
PinxtonWharf,
CromfordCanal&theBoatInn
PinxtonWharf:90metresabove
sealevel(295feet)
ParkLaneLevel
Crossing
PortlandPark
(Quarries)
1996KirkbyStation(1819Wharfontheoriginalline)
KirkbyHardwick&Sutton
ParkwayStation
Portland(KingsMill)Viaduct
HermitageMill
MansfieldEngineShed’s
Pinxton&NewSelston
Station
MillLaneLodge
1995JunctiontoNottingham(Robin
HoodLine)
Summit&1848junctiontoNottingham
SuttonJunctionStation
HermitageViaduct&laterembankment
SheepbridgeLane
MansfieldWharf&Station
MansfieldStation:110metresabove
sealevel(361feet)
1995linetoNottingham
(RobinHoodLine)
1848Extensionlineto
Nottingham
EastKirkbyStation
(1848-1964)
Summit:163metresabove
sealevel(535feet)
PortlandViaduct:130metresabove
sealevel(427feet)
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819Cromwell Canal Wharf
Timeline of the Mansfield & Pinxton RailwayYear What happened?1817 ParliamentaryapprovalgiventoconstructtheMansfield&PinxtonRailway. Workcommencedontherailway.
1819 Thelineopenedforcommercialbusinesson13thApril (EasterTuesday)withhorsedrawntrucks.
1832 Firstknownpassengerservicealongtheline.
1847 MidlandRailwayCompanyboughttheline.
1848 ExtensionopenedtoNottinghamfromajunctionatTheSummit Steamengineswereintroducedalongtheextensionline,whilehorseswerestillusedontheoriginalline. KirkbyStationOpenedonthenewextensionlinetoNottingham.
1849 TheoriginallinebetweentheSummitandMansfieldupgraded tousesteamlocomotives. ThefirstMansfieldstationwasopened.
1850 Sutton-in-AshfieldStationopened,knownastheSutton JunctionStationfrom1892. OriginallinebetweenTheSummitandPinxtonupgradedto steamlocomotives. Pinxton&NewSelstonStationopened.
1872 ThePortlandviaduct,andsharpbend,wastakenoutof commissionandreplacedwiththeHermitageviaduct,originally madefromwood.Theolderviaductwasstillusedasasiding. ThecurrentMansfieldstationwasbuilt.
1892 AdeviationwasmadetothelinerunningthroughKirkbyto reducethenumberoflevel-crossingsalongthemainroad.
1924 TheHermitageviaductwasreplacedwithanembankment. ThePortlandviaductwasbroughtbackintocommissionduring constructionwork.
1948 Nationalisationoftherailways.
1960 Mansfieldengineshedswereclosedalthoughstillstanding.
1964 Passengerserviceswerestoppedalongthisroute(bothNottingham&Pinxton)andtheRailwaystationswere closedforbusiness. Dieselenginesstartedtoreplacesteamlocomotives.
1966 Kirkbyengineshedswereclosed.
1970 ThesidingsovertheoriginalPortlandviaductwereclosedand therailsremoved.
1995 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedbetweenNottingham andMansfield,alongwhatwenowknowastheRobinHoodLine.
1998 Passengerserviceswerere-introducedtoWorksop.
2002 TheMillLane,Kirkby,bridgewasheavilymodernised,butthe originalcoreremains,makingittheoldestrailwaybridge inNottinghamshire.
2019 Celebratedthe200thanniversaryofwhatistheoldest continuouslyrunningcommercialrailway. ThePortlandviaductstillstandsastheoldestrailway viaductinEngland.
England’s oldest continuosly running railwayForFurtherinformationvisit:www.mansfieldandpinxton200.btck.co.uk.TherearealsoseveralvideosrelatingtothelineandourprojectonYoutube.ThankstoagrantfromtheNationalLotteryHeritageFundtheseboardswereproducedaspartofawiderprojecttocelebratethe200thanniversary
oftheMansfield&PinxtonRailway(1819-2019),England’soldestcontinuouslyrunningcommercialrailway,byapartnershipconsistingoftheKirkby&DistrictArchaeologicalGroup,OldMansfieldSociety,SuttonHeritageSocietyandthePinxton&SouthNormantonHistorySociety.
ThiswasPinxton’sfirstdeepcoalmine,althoughcoalhadbeenminedheresinceTudortimes.Itwasn’tuntilthearrivaloftheCromfordcanalin1794thatminingtookoffonalargescale.TheintroductionoftheMansfield&Pinxtonrailwayin1819meantthatcoalcouldbetransportedeconomicallytoMansfield.Withinadecadeseveralmoredeep-minepitssprangupclosetothewharf. WhenJohnCokefoundsomeinterestinglocalclay,hewaspersuadedbyWilliamBillingsley,
arenownedporcelainpainter,tobuildaporcelainfactory,whichhecouldmanage.ThefirstfiringwasinApril1796butunfortunatelytherewasn’tenoughprofittopayMrBillingsley,soheresignedin1799.In1806thefactorywasleasedtoJohnCuttswhomovedtoWedgwoodin1813,afterwhichthefactoryclosed.Theporcelainisthinlypottedandhighlytranslucentandtodayismuchsoughtafter.
TheCromfordCanalwasengineeredbyWilliamJessopin1794andranfor14.5milesfromCromfordtotheErewashCanalatLangleyMill,withabranchtoPinxton.ThatbranchwasimportantasarouteforPinxtoncoaltotheRiverTrent,onroutetoLeicestershireandasaterminusfortheMansfield&Pinxtonrailway.Itwaslastusedasawaterwayin1944.
Thecanalsidepub,knownasTheBoatInn,wasbuiltwhentheCromfordCanalcametoPinxton.TicketstotravelontherailwaytoMansfieldcouldbeboughtattheinnaftertheintroductionofacarriageeachThursdayin1832.
D’EwesCokelivedatBrookhillHallnearPinxton,whichheboughtfromhisfatherin1800andrestoredforhisgrowingfamily.HewasaJusticeofthePeaceandtheDukeofRutland’sLandAgent.Withhistwobrothers,JohnandWilliam,hewasinstrumentalinestablishingtheMansfield&PinxtonRailwayandwasafinancialcontributortothescheme.
Pinxton Colliery headstocks Pinxton Colliery
Pinxton china
Brookhill Hall, home of the Coke family
Cromford Canal basin at PinxtonSketch of the Boat Inn, early 1800s
Pinxton china works
PinxtonWharf,
CromfordCanal&theBoatInn
PinxtonWharf:90metresabove
sealevel(295feet)
ParkLaneLevel
Crossing
PortlandPark
(Quarries)
1996KirkbyStation(1819Wharfontheoriginalline)
KirkbyHardwick&Sutton
ParkwayStation
Portland(KingsMill)Viaduct
HermitageMill
MansfieldEngineShed’s
Pinxton&NewSelston
Station
MillLaneLodge
1995JunctiontoNottingham(Robin
HoodLine)
Summit&1848junctiontoNottingham
SuttonJunctionStation
HermitageViaduct&laterembankment
SheepbridgeLane
MansfieldWharf&Station
MansfieldStation:110metresabove
sealevel(361feet)
1995linetoNottingham
(RobinHoodLine)
1848Extensionlineto
Nottingham
EastKirkbyStation
(1848-1964)
Summit:163metresabove
sealevel(535feet)
PortlandViaduct:130metresabove
sealevel(427feet)