DIDCOT NEWBURY & SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY
The Kenavon Railway Society was founded by Rex Hora, who sadly passed away unexpectedly in November 2019.
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Another of Rex's interests was the Didcot Newbury & Southampton Railway (DN&SR), about which he maintained a website. As the website is being closed (May 2021), the information contained on it has been retained here for interest.
PEOPLE OF THE DNSR
John Bethell was a solicitor who promoted the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport & Portsmouth Railway, popularly known as Bethell's Line, in the 1840s. It was to run from the Great Western Railway at Didcot to a junction with the London & South Western Railway at Andover Road Station, now Micheldever. The railway was not built but would have followed a similar route to the later Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway (DNSR).
Joseph Locke was the engineer who was engaged to build the abortive Bethell's Line.
William Tatham was a London solicitor who raised the £30,000 Parliamentary deposit for the DNSR in the 1870s.
Falkiner and Tancred were the contractors engaged to build the DNSR. The partners were T. H. Falkiner and Sir Thomas Tancred.
John Fowler was engineer to the DNSR.
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Directors of the DNSR
Early directors of the DNSR included:
Colonel Sir Robert Loyd-Lindsay, VC, (created Lord Wantage in 1885), John Walter, MP, W. G. Mount, MP, Sir Julius Vogel, Viscount Baring.
LINKS
Yahoo Group of DNSRR
Bill Nicholls on Geograph
Spuds Rural Explorations
Didcot to Newbury - the old railway walk - part 1
Didcot to Newbury - the old railway walk - part 2
Friends of Hockley Viaduct
Photos of stations
Modelling information
Wikipedia article
Video of DNS 50th anniversary gala at Didcot Railway Centre
Sustrans is using some parts of the DNSR route for cycleways
Brenda Parker Way footpath at Burghclere
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