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Description: | The railway at Alresford opened on 2nd October 1865 (school pupils in the town were given the day off to celebrate), and it was run by the London and South Western Railway. It ran between Winchester and Alton and encouraged the development of the town's watercress industry. The first commercial development of watercress dates from 1873. There was a special siding for the loading of the watercress, which was packed into baskets and transported onward to London, so that the watercress was picked, packed, transported and on sale in London within 24hours. The railway was closed in 1973, but the Watercress Line steam railway now runs from the station.
Reference:
1.Stowell, A. (2000) The story of Alresford.p.46
2. Hampshire County Council. Hampshire Treasures Survey, vol.1. Winchester City District. p.206 | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | building railway station Watercress Line watercress | Temporal: | start=1974-04-01; end=1974-04-30; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Derek Dine | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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