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The line was doubled during 1866–67, to match the Wellington and Drayton Railway which opened in October 1867, thus providing a link for the GWR between the Midlands and the Northwest. The North Staffordshire Railway line from Stoke to Market Drayton opened in January 1870, joining the line at Silverdale Junction, just north of Market Drayton.
Adderley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire, several kilometres north of Market Drayton. It is known as Eldredelei in the Domesday Book. The Irish statesman Robert le Poer was parish priest of Adderley in 1319. [2] Here is the description of the village from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868):
The Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR), which ran southwards to Market Drayton from a junction with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) at Nantwich, was opened on 20 October 1863. [2] [3] [4] The new line was 10 miles 65 chains (17.4 km) long. [5] Four years later, on 16 October 1867, the Wellington and Drayton Railway (W&DR ...
The station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR) and opened on 20 October 1863, [1] although the line was operated by the Great Western Railway from its opening and the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway was eventually amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1897. [2]
Nantwich to Market Drayton line: GWR Market Drayton to Nantwich, via Adderley, Coxbank and Audlem 1963 (to passengers) 1967 (to freight) 1970 (to all traffic) Newcastle and North Shields Railway: Newcastle (Carliol Square) to Tynemouth Majority of the route converted to form part of the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line Newmarket and Chesterford ...
Adderley Hall – Colourised version of black and white image above. North Lodge – Also designed by George Devey, showing actual colour of brickwork of Adderley Hall. Adderley Hall was a historic country house in Adderley, near Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. The first house was burned down and a new Victorian house was built and ...
This is a route-map template for the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway, a UK railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The line ran from Drayton Junction (52.7031°N 2.5317°W), on the Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Line just west of Wellington station, to an end-on junction with the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway at Market Drayton (52.9093°N 2.4895°W), a distance of some 16 miles. Construction started in 1864, and the line was opened in 1867.