EPW025151 ENGLAND (1928). Buntingford Railway Station, Buntingford, 1928

This could possibly be Buntingford, Herfordshire. Clearly a branch line terminus. On the extreme right is a thatched building: this suggests a location south and east of a line say between the Wash and Bristol. There are two locomotives in the shot - one at the head of a train, the other in a siding nearby. They are both tank engines, but not belonging to the Great Western, so that rules out a large swathe of country. They could be London & South Western types, but then again they could be Great Eastern. I checked Huntstanton, Hadleigh, Framlingham, Eye and Aldeburgh - none fitted. Malthouses etc. Then I looked at Buntingford in Hertfordshire and most of the elements appear to match. The houses in the foreground, the roads, the station layout and river. Try Old Maps web site with co-ordinates 536500 and 228630 and see if you agree. MB

Thanks for all the helpful corroborative information everyone, it means that we can update teh catalogue for this image, and will post the correct location data here in due course. Great job.



I think I've been in The Fox in Aspenden myself, although a long time ago...glad to know it makes a good visit Class 31!



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader

Buntingford, Herts - a possible candidate.

The station building appears to match too - see

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/buntingford/index.shtml