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Market Harborough railway station is a Grade II listed [1] station which serves the town of Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the east of the town centre and lies on the Midland Main Line , 16 miles (26 km) south-east of Leicester .
The line between Northampton and Market Harborough was finally closed (by British Rail) on 16 August 1981, the intermediate stations on the route having been closed for many years. In 1984 (just three years after the line's closure), a group was formed by Michael William Papworth (of Northampton) with the intention of re-opening a section of ...
Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Northamptonshire. The population was 24,779 at the 2021 census . [ 1 ] It is the administrative headquarters of the Harborough district.
The signal box was next to these on the down side. Southbound LNWR trains also used the line on their way to a junction at Market Harborough and would signal their presence to the box by means of three whistles. [4] It was renamed East Langton in 1891 though it also served West Langton, Church Langton, Thorpe Langton and Tur Langton. [5]
Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden: Religion: 2021 Census Religious Population % Christian 2,972 52.7% Irreligious 2,541 45.1% Hindu 42 0.7% Buddhist 23
The Northampton–Market Harborough line is a closed railway line in England. It opened on 16 February 1859 and finally closed on 16 August 1981. The former trackbed is used by the Brampton Valley Way and part of the route has been re-opened as the Northampton & Lamport Railway. [1]
Harborough Museum was opened in 1983 in the former R & W H Symington corset factory that also houses the Harborough District Council offices in the historic market town of Market Harborough. It is run by a partnership between Leicestershire County Council, Harborough District Council and Market Harborough Historical Society.
In the 1780s, the lord of the manor, the Earl of Harborough, decided to construct a permanent market building for the benefit of the town. [3] The new building was designed in the neoclassical style, built in red brick with stone dressings and completed in 1788. [4] It was originally arcaded on the ground floor to allow meat markets to be held. [3]