Key Words :- railway station

Viewing the Site :- Site only. Only two houses remain can be seen from the fottpath

Address :- Aspen Close, Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, YO43 3AZ
Grid Ref :- SE 87783 42012
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.866907 , Long -0.666556
Local Authority :- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - East Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1848 - 1979

Description and History of Site:-
G. T. Andrews for Hudgon. Single storey brick facade domestic scale with chimneys but splendid portico. Stately station master's house.
Station opened in 1848, demolished 1979. A house on the east side of Londesborough Road a little north of the line of the track is probably the only remaining evidence of buildings contemporary with, and associated with the station.

Further Reading and References:-
YAS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972
Hatcher J, The Industrial Architecture of Yorkshire, Phillimore, 1985.

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