Railways Around Bridgnorth – Part 1

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The Billingsley Plateway

Highley, and the area immediately around, it has a long industrial history and the remains of numerous railways and tramways can be seen today. At the end of the 18th century coal mines and a blast furnace were opened in Billingsley. The story is recounted by Poyner and Evans in their history of the Wyre Coalfield: [13: Chapter 5]

“By the late 1770s, coal mining was well established in Billingsley with a water wheel being used to drain the mines … but unfortunately the owners of this colliery have not been recorded. There then follows a brief unrecorded period until the start of the 1790s, by which time much of Billingsley was owned by Sir William Pulteney, M.P. for Shrewsbury; a man with land-ownings over much of the country. Pulteney was an able politician and keen businessman; the patron of Thomas Telford, he would have been well aware of the potential value of the coal beneath his lands. As a national figure, he would have been able to obtain the advice of the best mining engineers in the country, and this must have led him to Newcastle to obtain the services of George Johnson.”

Johnson was one of the premier colliery viewers in the land, with international experience as a consultant. Thus by 1794, Johnson had put together a consortium of Newcastle-based landowners and professionals to go into partnership to lease the coal under Pulteney’s land. His backers included William Chapman, a noted engineer, Sir John Gray, an M.P. and most significantly Henry Gray MacNab, his brother-in-law. Trained at St. Andrews University as a physician, by the early 1790’s MacNab was established as an influential figure in the North-Eastern coal trade, with a number of pamphlets to his name. In June 1794 the draft leases were signed, and soon work began at Billingsley, initially using at least some men brought down especially from the North-East.

One of the first problems the partnership had to overcome was the lack of effective transport in the area. Billingsley was on the Bridgnorth-Cleobury Turnpike, but that was in no condition to take heavy coal traffic. A way had to be found to move the coal onto the River Severn. The first idea was for a canal, partly along the Borle Brook, possibly with an extension all the way to the limeworks at Oreton. It was at this point that a future thorn in the side of the works first became apparent, with the implacable opposition of William Lacon Childe to the mine. Childe’s property bordered Pultney’s estate on the south; more significantly he controlled the only practical route from Billingsley to the Severn at Highley. The canalisation of the Borle needed his wholesale co-operation, and this was not forthcoming. Childe’s motives for opposing the mines are not entirely obvious; he was not against collieries per se, as he had small working mines on his own estate. He claimed that the large mine at Billingsley could force these to close, ultimately forcing up the price of coal in the district. Childe was also a committed countryman. He was in the forefront of agricultural improvement, and also was a keen huntsman. He may have feared the impact of large-scale mining on all of this. Whatever his motives, he succeeded in killing off the canal. Instead the partners constructed a horse-operated plateway, following the line of the Borle Brook but as far as possible on the opposite side of the bank from Childe’s land. Even this was not entirely possible, for in Highley they did have to cross through a short section of his land. Childe drove a hard bargain, for he made the Partners lease the Birch Colliery and connect it to their plateway by means of a branch. As the Birch was a small mine working the Sulphur Coal (see above), it was of no value to Johnson & Co., but they had little choice in the matter.

The coal and iron were brought alongside the Borle Brook through Highley by a horse-worked tramway to the River Severn where they were sent downstream in boats. The “tramway worked for no more than 15 years, but its route can still largely be traced on the North side of Borle Brook, running via shallow embankments and cuttings. A little later the Stanley Colliery (1804-1823) opened close to the site of the present Highley Station and this was also served by tramways, as were the numerous sandstone quarries by the river.”

[13: Chapter 5 (of ‘The Wyre Forest Coalfield’) – quoted here with the kind permission of David Poyner]

As we have noted, Stanley Colliery was just to the South of Highley Station. It was worked for that short period at the beginning of the 19th century in the sulphur coal at a depth of about 100 yards; the Brooch seam worked by the Highley Colliery was a further 200 yards below this. Stanley Colliery “is partially overlain by the trackbed of the Severn Valley Railway and sidings built by the HMCo. [Highley Mining Company] There are also extensive remains of the stone quarries which worked in this area from perhaps the Middle Ages to the 19th Century.” [1]

Ray Shill also mentions the tramroad/plateway to Billingsley: “Billingsley Coal and Iron
works was … served by an iron railway laid with iron rails and sleepers. The Billingsley
railway, owned by iron master George Stokes, was about two miles long and included an incline to the Severn, a sale of 1818 mentioned the incline.”[8][9]

The old tramroad/plateway/tramway/railway route is shown below on a series of extracts from the 6″ Ordnance Survey revised in 1925 and published in 1929. Where possible I have also provided photographs taken on site.

The old tramroad route is now a footpath on the North side of Borle Brook. It is highlighted on this 6″ OS Map extract by the light blue line. South of Borle Brook. the later mineral railway serving Kinlet Colliery is also shown on the base maps. [3]
Brooksmouth: the cast-iron arched bridge across Borle Brook just upstream of its confluence with the River Severn. This view looks to the North alongside the Severn. The wharf for the old tramway would have been beyond the bridge. The bridge is shown at the bottom right of the OS map extract above, close to the River Severn. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]

“Brooksmouth Bridge is a small cast iron footbridge, via which the towpath on the west bank of the River Severn crosses Borle Brook downstream from Borle Viaduct. It is a Grade II Listed Building under the name ‘Footbridge over Borle Brook.’” [23]

“The bridge consists of an elliptical arch with a slightly curving path, the spandrels being filled by conjoined diminishing circles. The balustrades, half of one side of which has been renewed, have an elongated diamond pattern. The stretcher bars across the main arch are inscribed ‘Coalbrookdale Company 1828’. The cast-iron foot plates appear to remain intact. The abutments are of sandstone with string courses and parapets, one side of both of the latter replaced in brick.” [23][24]

“The bridge was built by The Coalbrookdale Company of Ironbridge in 1828, pre-dating the building of the Severn Valley Railway by more than 30 years. At that time goods traffic was transported on the River Severn in barges called Severn Trows. These were hauled upstream against the current by horses, or by men known as ‘bow hauliers’, making use of the towpath.” [23]

Facing downstream alongside the River Severn towards the confluence of Borle Brook and the Severn. this photograph shows part of the area which would have encompassed the wharf which allowed transfer of loads to and from Billingsley to barges on the Severn. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Looking North alon the West bank of the River Severn. This area will have been busy in the distant past with waggons from Billinsley unloading at the wharf onto Severn trows. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Standing on the West bank of the River Severn looking along the line of the old plateway/tramroad which curved to the right beyond the field gate. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
The old tramroad curved round to follow the North bank of Borle Brook, passing under the viaduct as shown by the red line. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]

The old tramroad predated the Severn Valley Railway by many years. “Like other bridges on the Severn Valley Railway, it was built with the capacity for dual tracks but only ever installed for single line running. The viaduct is 42 yards in length, with four arches of 25ft span. Fishermen’s Crossing lies a few yards to the north, with the site of the former Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings a similar distance to the south. … The viaduct has suffered from mining subsidence over the years. Regular re-ballasting to overcome this … resulted in the line being above the original parapet walls.” [25] No edge protection on the viaduct was provided prior to preservation but post and rail fencing were added in the years after the viaduct was taken over by the preservation society. Significant maintenance was undertaken in preservation, first in 1977 and then in 2019.

Looking back towards the viaduct along the line of the old tramroad. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Lookinf West along the line of the tramroad from the same position as the picture immediately above. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Leaving the field close to the Severn Valley Railway, we were glad that we were walkign the line in the winter months with vegetation much less dense than in warmer times. We had to clamber over an old wooden gate which was held shut by barbed wire and not in good condition. The route of the old tramroad was difficult to determine in places. This picture looks West and shows a very shallow embankment along the line of must have been the route of the tramroad. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Looking West again, some sections of the old tramroad route through the first length of woodland were easier to walk. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Again looking West, the field gate provides access to a riverside meadow. The gate is approximately on the line of the old tramroad. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Looking East along the line of the tramroad from the field gate in the picture above. The lightly used footpath follows the line. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
The route continues to the West running very close to the North bank of Borle Brook. This 1925 Survey show the location of Kinlet Colliery at the lefthand (West) side of the extract.  [3]
Just a little further West, this photo shows the field gate which appears in the pictures immediately above and shows the woodland that we had just traversed. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Much easier going following the line to the West, at least while we were in the meadow. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
At the end of the meado, the kissing gate gave access to an area of significantly disturbed ground which may have suffered some movement towards Borle Brook in the past. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Looking back East from within what would be dense vegetation in the Summer. The ground was soft and significantly broken up. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Looking West again. The tramroad route heads to the right of the compound visible ahead and at that point joins New Road. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
This OpenStreetMap extract, provided by the NLS shows New Road which over the area of this extract follows the line of the old tramroad as far as the footpath (shown grey on the map extract) which itself follows the line of the old tramroad. [22]
Looking Southeast along New Road with the aforementioned compound on the right. The old tramroad route is followed by New Road from this point for a few hundred metres. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Looking Northwest along New Road. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
Just as New Road swings sharply to the left to cross first Borle Book and then the line of the later Billinsgley Railway, the tramroad diverged to the right into what is now heavy undergrowth. The red line shows its approximate route. At the centre of this image, to the right of the road, the footpath sign can be seen leaning against a tree. [My photograph, 10th February 2023]
The old tramroad followed the North bank of Borle Brook as the course of the brook heads northwards. [3]

The images below show the route of the tramroad approaching Borle Mill from the Southeast.

The tramroad passed to the East of Borle Mill near Borlemill Bridge. [4]
This first photograph was taken a little to the North of the point where New Road crosses the line of the old tramroad. It looks North towards Borle Mill. New Road does not appear on the Ordnance Survey of 1925. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
This photo looks North along the old tramroad from a point much closer to Borle Mill. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
The old tramroad crossed Borle Mill Bank directly ahead of the camera and ran along the valley side. The footpath turns away from the line of the tramroad from this point for a few hundred metres so as to avoid private land. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
The tramroad continued in a northerly direction to the East the Mill Race. The footpath has been diverted to run closer to Borle Brook as far as the weir shown on this map extract. It returns to the tramroad alignment at that point. [5]
Facing to the South along the route of the old tramroad at the point where the footpath leaves the old tramroad. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
Looking North along the line of the tramroad from the same point. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
Facing South towards the field boundary which crosses the line of the old tramroad to the North of the weir. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
We were walking South along the tramroad rather than Northwards. Just after the photograph above was taken, we were joined by two gentle friends. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
Looking South into the field in which the sheep live, from the North side of the field boundary at the bottom-right of the next map extract. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
Looking Northwest from the same point. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
The tramroad continued alongside Borle Brook in a Northwesterly direction. [6]
Looking in a Northwesterly direction along an embankment which carried the tramroad to a bridge over a small tributary of Borle Brook. All that is left of the bridge is a gap in the embankment. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
Another Northwesterly facing photo looking along the line of the tramroad. For much of the length between Borle Mill and New England the footpath is wide enough to occupy the full width of the formation of the old tramroad. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
Looking Northwest and approaching New England the old tramroad passed through a narrow but relatively shallow cutting. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
Looking Southeast along the line of the tramroad from close to New England. This is the Northwestern end of the cutting in the last photograph. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
The line of the old tramroad can relatively easily be followed as far as New England, where for a very short diatance the tramroad followed the verge of the road before turning away to the West as the lane dropped down to ford Borle Brook. There is archaeological evidence, close to the Ford shown on this map extract, of a tramroad bridge over Borle Brook which indicates that the tramroad continued along the line of the footpath shown on this extract from the 1882 Ordnance Survey, published in 1883, to the West of Borle Brook. [7]
The old bridge abutment is in the undergrowth to the left side of this image. Borle Brook is further to the left. Close to the level of the tramroad and roughly at road level today is an information board. It can be seen here towards the top-right of the image [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
The information board mentioned above. At the centre top of the board is a photograph of the historic abutment taken when heritage work was undertaken at the site. To the right of that picture is a schematic map of the tramroad/plateway. Below that is an illustration of the traffic which would have used the tramroad. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]
A closer view of the illustration of tramroad traffic. This picture raises a few questions in my mind. The wagon shown has flanged wheels and the rails seem to be continuous edge- rails. A plateway would usually be made up of short sections of rail and would most often have had L-shaped rails with wagons having flangeless wheels. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]

The wagon illustrated on the information board at the site of the bridge abutment has flanged wheels and the rails seem to be continuous edge- rails. A plateway would have usually been made up of short sections of rail and would in many cases in Shropshire have had L-shaped rails with wagons having flangeless wheels. during the period that the plateway/tramroad was active (circa. 1796 – 1812). This is supported by David Poyner’s discoveries along the line of the old tramroad which he reported in the journal of the Shropshire Caving and Mining Club in 2010. He first describes the plateway:

“In the Wyre Forest Coalfield, a plateway was constructed from a wharf on the River Severn in Highley to a colliery at Billingsley in 1796; about this time or shortly afterwards a spur was constructed to more mines at Birch Farm in Kinlet. … The mines had all closed by 1812 and it is unlikely that the plateway saw much use after this. It was amongst the materials of Billingsley Colliery and associated blast furnace that was offered for sale. In 1814 “about 30 tons of straight and turned iron rails, and sleepers in proportion” with 43 railway wagons were put up for auction. This sale may have been a failure as the complex was offered again in 1817; lot VII included “about 50 tons of cast iron rails, sleepers etc now upon a rail road”. This suggests that the plateway had not yet been taken up. It appears that this sale was more successful as no more is heard about the mine, furnace or plateway after this date.” [10]

Poyner continues to describe his finds in the vicinity of the plateway – some years prior to his article, he found “a broken section of plate rail from this system whilst putting some steps into an embankment along the former track. Subsequently more pieces of rails and a chair were found by Simon Cowan and Hugh McQuade who were tracing its route.” [10] More recently, he came across a chair “from the system on the Kinlet bank of the Borle Brook at Logwood Mill. SO 740820 (Figure 1). It is cast iron, and approximately 6½” x 5″. At the one end there is 1″ high flange: at the other is a curled lip about ½” high which extends for only half the length of the plate; however, it is extended as a slight ridge in the casting which terminates in an inverted L-shape. There is a ½” diameter hole in the centre of the chair and two in projecting lugs at either end. There are also 4 lugs which extend beneath the chair.” [10]

The rail he found “from the plateway is 3½” x 24″; the casting is ½” thick. It has clearly been broken at the one end and may also have been fractured at the other.” [10]

The schematic map of the tramroad route included on the information board is enlarged here and in an image below. This first enlargement shows the route of the tramroad/plateway closer to the River Severn and shows a branch tramroad/plateway to Birch. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]

The Birch Branch

The thematic or sketch map on the information board at New England shows a branch extending to Birch Farm, South of Borle Brook. For this line to form a junction with Borle Brook it would have needed to bridge the ‘river’. It then followed a tributary to Borle Brook before striking off to the South towards Birch Farm. The line was unnecessary in purely engineering and mining terms. It was constructed as part of a ‘quid-pro-quo’ arrangement between the Colliery Company and William Lacon Childe who owned all the land on the South side of Borle Brook and a parcel of land to the North of the Brook which the Colliery Company needed for wharves alongside the River Severn. Ultimately he granted access to the River Severn, conditional upon the Colliery Company building a plateway link to one of his small collieries, that at Birch Farm. [13: Chapter 5]

This image shows the location of Logmill Cottages, close to the confluence of the tributary and Borle Brook, on the 25″ Ordnance Survey of 1882, published in 1884. It shows no bridge existing over Borle Brook at this point towards the end of the 19th century. It does however show a bridge crossing the tributary. [11]
A little to the Southeast of Logmill Cottages and on the next Ordnance Survey Sheet to the South, a footbridge is marked. Might this have been the location where the plateway crossed Borle Brook? Perhaps it served the mill, close to Logmill Cottages, which by the time of this Ordnance Survey had disappeared? [12]
The tributary, once again. The 1882 mapping, published in 1884, shows some earthworks at various points on the South side of Borle Brook. One location where these are apparent is the possible location of a future bridge across the tributary. Might this be relevant to the seacrh of the route of the plateway branch to Birch Farm? Looking more widely at the 1882 mapping South of Borle Brook, there appears to be no residual evidence of a plateway immediately at this location. [12]

We have noted in the above map extracts that it is difficult to be specific about the route of the tramroad/plateway close to Borle Brook. The mapped details in the vicinity of Logmill Cottages show no real evidence of the tramroad.

A wider view of the 1882 Ordnance Survey showing the possible route of the plateway/tramroad between Borle Brook and Birch Farm. There is a track marked on the map, extending from the bottom-left corner of the extract to the second minor stream met along the route, travelling to the Northeast. The presence of the track is an indicator of the probable alignment of the tramroad. Across the rest of the map the blue line indicating the tramroad route is shown dotted over this length as there is nothing to confirm its actual route on the Ordnance Survey. [12]
The 1882 Ordnance Survey once again. The plateway/tramroad branch continued to travel in a southerly direction. [12]
The terminus of the tramroad/plateway was close to Birch Farm where William Lacon Childe had a small colliery. [12]

The line to Birch Farm is entirely on private land and access to its route is not possible. The best that I can offer is extracts from satellite images. These are those from the National Library of Scotland (NLS). …

Borle Brook is at the top of this extract from satellite imagery. Its tributary flows to the North of the dotted blue line which indicates the possible route of the tramroad/plateway to Birch Farm. [14]
The line curved away from the stream and headed South towards Birch Farm. [15]
Birch Farm and the location of the Colliery. [16]
This second enlarged view shows the upper reaches of the tramroad which clearly continued some distance beyond New England. [My photograph, 3rd February 2023]

The Billingsley Area

Access to the length of tramroad/plateway beyond New England is just as difficult as access to the branch to Birch Farm, although is does come close to the public highway at one location and crosses it at another. Immediately to the West of Borle Brook there was an incline which brought the tramroad/plateway out of the valley and into the open fields above its scope. All of this, through to ‘Scot’s’ (the spelling on the OS Mapping) is on private land.

The blue line on these side-by-side images show the approximate line of the tramroad/plateway through New England and on to the West. Immediately on the West side of Borle Brook there was a rope-worked incline. [17]
It is possible that the tramroad followed the route of Bind Lane which would have taken the tramroad closer to Billingsley Colliery and the Cape of Good Hope Inn, but the presence of the curved track at the West edge of this extract from the 1882 Ordnance Survey suggests that at least at that point the line was fixed a little to the South of Bind Lane. The dotted blue line follows approximately the line shown on the information board at the New England bridge abutment. [18]
The junction of the B4363 and Bind Lane as shown on Google Maps Satellite Imagery in early 2023. The blue line represents the approximate line of the tramroad. The route of the line to the West of the B4363 becomes a matter of conjecture. [19]
The approximate line of the tramraod has been imposed on this Google Streetview image looking North-northwest on the B4363. Bind Lane meets the B4363 at the junction ahead and runs in front of the new-build property to the right middle of the image. [Google Streetview, November 2021]

From the tentative line of the tramroad shown on the information board near the bridge abutment at New England (above) it appears that the old tramroad ran in a roughly Southwesterly direction as far as Southhallbank Farmhouse as suggested on the 1882 6″ Ordnance Survey map extract below.

Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk lists the Farmhouse. as a Grade II listed building predominantly constructed in the 17th century, perhaps with earlier origins, and with some 19th century rebuilding. It is “Timber-framed with red-brick infill and red brick. Plain-tile roofs.” [20]

If the tramroad ran as close to the farmhouse as is suggested in the map extract below, It is very likely that the owner of the building at the turn of the 19th century had a strong interest in the tramroad.

The continuing tramroad route shown on the 1882 Ordnance Survey. The tight bend at the Northwest corner of the farmyard of Southallbank Farm is shown on the information board close to the bridge abutment near New England. [18]
Southwest of Southallbank Farm buildings I can only guess at the route of the tramroad and its length. My guess is shown on this extract from the 1882 6″ Ordnance Survey. It reflects the line drawn on the information board at the bridge abutment near New England and the fact that close to Scot’s Cottages there is a packhorse bridge which has been retained as a footbridge. [21]

Looking Forward

The tramroad was the first transport venture alongside the Borle Brook. It was some time before industrial development at Billingsley warranted the construction of another railway. The later history of railways in and around Borle Brook can be found in an article about the railway connections to the Severn Valley Railway in the area South of Bridgnorth. … To view this article please follow this link. …

Railways Around Bridgnorth – Part 2

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