Cleeve railway station

Cleeve
Cleeve
	Cleeve station, 1950
General information
Location	Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire; England
Coordinates	51°57′00″N 2°05′56″W / 51.9500°N 2.0990°W
Grid reference	SO932279
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1841	Opened
20 February 1950	Closed to passengers
1960	Closed for freight
Location
Location

Cleeve railway station was a station in Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, England. The station was named for the nearby village of Bishop's Cleeve.

History

The station was opened in 1841, closed to passengers in 1950 and closed completely in 1960.^[1]

Stationmasters

Mr. Mayhew ca. 1850
W. Overbury until 1860^[3]
J. Furniss from 1861^[3]
H. Mabbott until 1877^[4]
James Hadley 1877- 1903^[5]
F.A. Done 1903 - 1905^[5]
J. Harford 1905 - 1908^[5]
W. Sugars from 1908^[5]
Herbert Best 1909 - 1911 (afterwards station master at Rubery)
Leslie Jones ca. 1946

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Swindon (Glos)		Birmingham and Gloucester Railway		Ashchurch
Cheltenham High Street		London, Midland and Scottish Railway		Ashchurch

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cleeve Station". Historic England. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ Mourton, Stephen; Pixton, Bob (2006). Birmingham - Bristol. Part One:Birmingham to Cheltenham. Runpast Publishing. pg. 88. ISBN 1-870754-53-0.
^ ^a ^b "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 104. 1914. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 337. 1871. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 131. 1899. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

v t e Closed railway stations in eastern Gloucestershire
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway	Tetbury Road Chalford St Mary's Crossing Halt Brimscombe Brimscombe Bridge Halt Ham Mill Halt Bowbridge Crossing Halt Downfield Crossing Halt Cashes Green Halt Ebley Crossing Halt Churchdown Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road Cheltenham Spa St. James
Cirencester branch line	Park Leaze Halt Chesterton Lane Halt Cirencester Town
Tetbury branch line	Jackament's Bridge Halt Rodmarton Platform Church's Hill Halt Culkerton Trouble House Halt Tetbury
Midland and South Western Junction Railway	South Cerney Cirencester Watermoor Foss Cross Chedworth Halt Withington (Glos) Andoversford and Dowdeswell
East Gloucestershire Railway	Lechlade Fairford
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway	Stow-on-the-Wold Bourton-on-the-Water Notgrove Andoversford Junction Charlton Kings Cheltenham Leckhampton
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	Adlestrop Blockley Chipping Campden Mickleton Halt
Honeybourne Line	Cheltenham High Street Halt Bishops Cleeve Gretton Halt Laverton Halt Willersey Halt Weston-sub-Edge
Bristol and South Wales Union Railway	Ashley Hill Horfield Filton Filton Junction Pilning Low Level Cross Hands Halt New Passage Halt New Passage New Passage Pier
Bristol and Gloucester Railway	Bristol St Philip's Fishponds Staple Hill Mangotsfield Wickwar Charfield Berkeley Road Coaley Frocester Stonehouse Bristol Road Haresfield Gloucester Eastgate
Mangotsfield and Bath branch line	Warmley
Thornbury branch line	Iron Acton Tytherington Thornbury
Sharpness branch line	Berkeley Sharpness
Dursley and Midland Junction Railway	Cam Dursley
Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway	Ryeford Dudbridge Stroud Woodchester Nailsworth
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	Cleeve Cheltenham High Street Badgworth Churchdown
Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway	Tewkesbury

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