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Does anyone know whether or not the cast iron LNER seatback nameplates which were fitted to platform seats throughout the LNER, were fitted at stations on the ex Hull & Barnsley (H&B) line ?

The usual wooden, cast iron lettered signalbox nameboards where certainly fitted to ex H&B boxes, but i have a feeling that the cast iron seatbacks were not fitted on this line. The H&B was amalgamated with the NER in 1922, a year before the formation of the LNER.

Not the answer you're looking for, but a having had a (very) quick look through some of my books with H&BR content, the only station where any kind of seat is visible is Little Weighton!!!
(For the record, the station name appears to be sign written onto the seatback, an H&B practice I believe).

(I think you're probably right about the LNER seatbacks BTW).

I have had a trawl through my books and I think the short answer to your question is that the H&B seats did not lend themselves to having the cast name let into the back.

All of the pictures of seats that I have found are fairly indistinct but most of them are similar to those found in many parks - multiple horizontal slats. I have found a different style in a picture of Hickleton & Thurnscoe station but even this may not have been suitable.