Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Photograph taken 1964 © Historic England Archive ref: afl03/aerofilms/a80279

This aerial view shows the GWR railway line coming in to St James station. The station was built in 1894. St Georges Road is in the foreground. St Gregory's Roman Catholic church is on the right. The Catholic School of Saint Gregory The Great is just above the railway lines next to the sidings for a coal merchant. The railway turntable was directly alongside the school grounds. The station closed in 1966. Eventually the whole site was cleared and a large supermarket, flats and office blocks were built.

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Gloucestershire Cheltenham

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1960s (1960 - 1969)

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Several steam trains standing at the station platforms, with the Victorian station buildings in the background.Slough Station booking hall, booking office and travel centre were built in 1882. The Great Western Railway from London to Bristol was built in the 1830s and the first Slough Station opened in 1840. The present station is the fifth one and was built when the number of lines was increased.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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