Monument record 5910/2 - Ironstone Railway

{3} Ironstone tramway for Finedon Ironstone Quarries. The first quarry in the area is dated to 1874. The route of the present tramway dates from 1889; modernised in 1934. It comprises three steam locomotives and three miles of metre gauge tramway. Due to close in 1966.

{5} Geophysical survey in 2018 identified part of the tramway route;

<1> Tonks E., 1991, The Ironstone Quarries of The Midlands (History, Operation and Railways): The Kettering Area, p.87-123 (unchecked) (Book). SNN44039.

<2> Chadwick P., 1997, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Land East of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, p.14 (unchecked) (Report). SNN62261.

<3> Starmer G.H., 1966, CBA Record Cards: Industrial Archaeology in Northamptonshire, (checked) (Recording Form (Not SMR)). SNN1626.

<4> Starmer G.H., 1973, National Register of Industrial Monuments, (part checked) (Catalogue). SNN571.

<5> Arkley, G. and Walford, J., 2018, Archaeological geophysical survey at Stanton Cross, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, October to November 2018, 8 (Report). SNN111534.

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Jul 29 2022 2:39PM