Monument record 7868/1/6 - Castle Station

Railway station built in 1881 on the Northampton and Market Harborough Railway in response to the opening of the Rugby and Northampton Railway, being built North of the junction of the two lines. It replaced an earlier structure of c1859. The Victorian station was demolished and rebuilt in 1965-6.

{1} Archaeological trial trench excavation undertaken ahead of redevelopment of the station identified features associated with the 19th century railway station. These included granite setts of the old station yard, set on a bed of yellow sand above a layer of concrete. They were intact across most of the trench. The cobbled station yard had been covered with tarmac in 1964. Old heavy duty electric cable was also revealed, possibly originally supplying the signal box contemporary with the old station. To the north there was a 6 inch glazed ceramic drainpipe.

[4} Two photographs of St Andrews Road looking in to the the station site. One shows the large late 19th century goods shed that stood in the area now occupied by the multi-storey car park.

<1> Chapman A., 2012, Archaeological Evaluation of the Concourse at Northampton Castle Station, October 2012, p.17-18 (checked) (Report). SNN108451.

<2> Historic England, Undated, CASTLE STATION, NORTHAMPTON, BF017285 (Archive). SNN114332.

<3> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), 1:500/1884 (Map). SNN112944.

<4> Miss June Swann, 1960s- 70s, Miss June Swann Photographic Archive, Taken 1971 (Photographs). SNN116665.

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Apr 10 2025 11:54AM