£10.00
Chris Bates
Publication Date: 2026
Format & Edition: Paperback, First Edition
Pagination: 74 Pages, Illustrated
Genre: Railways of Lincolnshire
Status: Available, awaiting stock
The Railway that Horncastle Built by Chris Bates.
Chris Bates tells the story of the Horncastle branch railway. Promoted and paid for by local people, it opened in 1855 running between Horncastle and Kirkstead on the Boston to Lincoln line, with an intermediate station at Woodhall Spa. The railway was very profitable, and remained independent for nearly 70 years. The branch closed to passenger traffic in 1954 and to freight in 1971. Many people remember it fondly.
This book tells the history of the line but also provides information from local people who wanted to share their memories.
Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, many of the photographs have never been published before.