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Does anyone know if there was ever a station at Ulgham Grange on the Newcastle and Berwick main line (ECML) between Widdrington and Longhirst?
I recently went over the level crossing there and was surprised to see a building there that appears to be very similar to some other small stations on the line such as Smeafield, Lesbury and Forest Hall. I have never seen any reference to a station at this location, despite having read almost every available book or article about this line. The building is definitely built in the small station style rather than the much smaller and simpler crossing keeper's house that can be found in other locations. A very good view of it is available on Google Earth.

Not according to the Ian Allan Pre-Grouping Atlas & Gazetteer!

I have checked several reference books but can find no reference to a station so i think it may be just YN & B railway housing similar to the housing at Woden Gates and Spital crossing which always reminded me of small stations.

The 1956 BR publication "Handbook of Stations" (for which you'd have to have pretty large hands: there are almost 500 pages) tabulates details of all passenger and/or goods facilities throughout the network at that time, together with information about crane capacity, livestock accommodation, and suchlike - there's no reference to Ulgham.

Its not listed either in the North Eastern Railway publication.
"Traffic from Collieries, Works, Sidings and Depots"
Dated 1898 reprinted by the NERA in 2003

In the Railway Clearing House Handbook of Stations of 1890, there is an entry for Ulgham Colliery located between Longhirst and Widdrington.

The entry also appears in the 1895 Edition. By the time of the 1900 Appendix, it was still extant.

By the time the 1904 edition was published, the entry had been removed. There was no entry in the 1872 edition. So, it can be concluded that Ulgham Colliery existed between 1872 and 1903. The listing shows no facilities as being provided.

No entries appear in any of the more recent Handbooks. Since there is no mention of Ulgham in Charles Clinker's lists, it can reasonably be inferred that there had not been any Passenger facilities provided.

John More

Mine at Ulgham Grange closed 1888(durham mining museum website). Try an appeal for information on above site forums they are helping me on subject of colliery wagonways.

Just checked my copy of Jowetts Railway Atlas that has been on loan and that has no record of a station.
Jowett is not infallable but the weight of other evidence suggests no station.

Further to my last post check this web site http://www.geocities.com/waggonways/nor ... shott.html it shows colliery but no station.

Thanks for the info., I had never heard of one either, but was surprised when I saw the N&B station type buildings there. One other thing that made me suspect that one had been there is that the station at Widdrington is not a standard design, which suggests that it was built later than the others on the line, so I wondered whether there had been a situation like that at Lesbury / Bilton Junction, where a station had been built but only used for a very short time before being replaced by another a short distance away.

Hi,
This snippet I found whilst looking for something else from the National records office website may interest you if you read through it.

[no title] QRUP/47a and b 1839


Contents:
GREAT NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY
Proposed Railway between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne by Berwick upon Tweed to be called the Great North British Railway and crossing Northumberland townships of Berwick, Tweedmouth, Spittal, Scremerston, Cheswick, Goswick, Haggerston, Beal and Lowlin, Fenham, Fenwick, Buckton, Elwick, Detchant, Middleton, Easington, Belford, Warenton, Mousen, Adderstone, Lucker, Newham, Chathill, Swinhoe, Preston, Tuggal, Brunton, Embleton, Newton-by-the-Sea, Dunstan, Craster, Howick, Long Houghton, Almouth, Lesbury, Wooden, High Buston, Low Buston, Birling, Warkworth, Gloster Hill, Amble, Togston, Hadston, East Chevington, West Chevington, Bullocks Hall, Widdrington, Ulgham Grange, Linton, Old Moor, Bothal Demesne, Ashington, Sheepwash, Choppington, West Sleekburn, Bedlington, Bebside, Horton, Cramlington, Seghill, Weetslade, Killingworth, Longbenton, South Gosforth, Jesmond, St. Andrew Newcastle.
Proposed Variation of Line from above main line at point between Cramlington High and Low Collieries to main line near the (old) Race Course Newcastle, crossing townships of Cramlington, Seghill, Weetslade, North Gosforth, South Gosforth, Jesmond and St. Andrew Newcastle.
Branch Line to Morpeth from main line near Hurst Head crossing townships of Bedlington, Netherton, Hepscott and Catchburn.
Alternative Line at Peelwalls Lodge in parish of Ayton, co. Berwick.
Alternative Line from Cockburnspath Tower to near Dean Mill, Cos. Berwick and Haddington.
Alternative Line near Innerwick, Co. Haddington.
Branch Line to Dunbar from main line near Spott, Co. Haddington.
Alternative Line from main line at Linton to main line at Prora, Co. Haddington.
Alternative Line at Inveresk, Co. Edinburgh.
Engineers - Messrs. George and Robert Stephenson of London, and Messrs. Grainger and Miller of Edinburgh.
Plans - 22; Sectional plans - 14; Book of Reference - 1; House of Lords Standing Order re. Deposit of plans - 1.
Duplicate.
Deposited 1 Mar. 1839.


52D

Thanks for that. I called at the County Records Office at Woodhorn a couple of weeks ago, and found the reference for the Deposited Plans QRUP/58a and 58b, but there was no reference to the document you found. I am going back in the next week or two to to look at the plans, I will see if I can find the other document while I am there.