Photograph
by
kind permission of
Mrs Cherry Leversedge
kind permission of
Mrs Cherry Leversedge
| The coming of the railways | ||
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success of the tramway and the growth of railways across Britain made local
businessmen aware of the importance of railway links into Presteigne
and the Radnor valley. Richard Green Price of Norton Manor was very much involved in railway projects in mid Wales, and he had seen the benefits of the railway to Knighton. After many delays and four Acts of Parliament, work on a branch line to Presteigne began in 1872, mainly paid for by the Green Price family. |
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Photograph
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kind permission of Mrs Cherry Leversedge |
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300 workmen worked on the line, and
the twenty new bridges taking roads over the railway had to be strengthened
after one of them collapsed. The above photograph shows the station just a few years after it opened. |
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