Inscriptions: Rewley Road Station

The above plaque is set into the pavement in Frideswide Square, outside the Saïd Business School This was built on the site of the former London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) station, which operated separately from the Great Western Railway (GWR) station to the west. The text reads:
[Around the four sides, starting on the right]:
A STATION WAS ERECTED ON THIS SITE IN 1851 BY THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY TO COINCIDE WITH THE /
GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, USING THE
SAME CAST IRON COMPONENTS /
THIS STATION WAS DISMANTLED AND
RE-ERECTED AT QUAINTON ROAD STATION, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BY THE /
QUAINTON RAILWAY SOCIETY AS A WORKING MUSEUM IN DECEMBER 2000
1851–1879 |
Engraving |
1879–1922 |
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1922–1948 |
1851–2000 |
1948–1969 |
Below: Rewley Road Station at its new home in Quainton

Wikipedia: Oxford Rewley Road Railway Station

