UK: Trains passing Causeway Level Crossing at Steventon (near Didcot), Oxfordshire in 2003.
UK: Trains passing Causeway Level Crossing at Steventon, Oxfordshire (near Didcot). Clips recorded 8th February 2003.
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The first clip shows a Thames Trains Class 165 'Turbo' DMU (still in Network SouthEast livery) travelling east over the crossing working a Bristol Temple Meads to Oxford service. The second clip shows an eastbound Great Western InterCity 125 HST (both power cars have their original Paxman Valenta engines) on a service from Paddington to Bristol or South Wales.
At this time Causeway level crossing at Steventon was operated by a member of railway staff located on site in the box shown on the right of the first clip. In 2012 the crossing was modernised and it is now operated remotely from Swindon.
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Steventon is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot. Located west of the A34 Milton Interchange it was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred to Oxfordshire.
The village has a medieval causeway. Built by local monks in the Middle Ages, it runs the whole length of the village along its historic East--West axis. The causeway ends near the Church of England parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels, built in the 14th century by the Flemings. The Great Western Railway opened Steventon railway station in 1840. It was the main station for Oxford, 10 miles (16 km) to the north, until in 1844 the line form Didcot to Oxford was opened. Steventon station continued to serve the village until British Railways closed it 1964.
Steventon has three public houses: the Cherry Tree, The Fox and the North Star, which is the oldest of the three. Both The Fox and North Star have Aunt Sally pitches and regularly enter teams into the Abingdon & District Aunt Sally League. The annual music festival, the Truck Festival, is held at Steventon each July. The village green has a cricket pitch and the Steventon Sports and Social Club which also plays Aunt Sally. Steventon also has a large village hall near the village green where many activities take place, for example, line dancing, dog shows, the village pantomime (every two years), ballet and the choral society. Steventon has one main shop, the Co-op, and still maintains a working bakery.
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Cherry Hinton Level Crossing
Just a quick visit just to catch the Ipswich train. Notice the old station building that can be seen in the video. Filmed on Sunday 27th May 2018, though we mainly went to see the movements at Cambridge Airport (which we saw plenty off) we had time to waste and i had noticed a Cambridge to Ipswich train was due past here in a few minutes. This line commonly only has 1 train to 1 or 2 hours including weekdays.
Cherry Hinton disused station info:
Cherry Hinton railway station was located on the Newmarket Railway's line between Cambridge and Fulbourn, serving the Cambridgeshire village of Cherry Hinton.
History:
The station opened on 9 October 1851, along with the Newmarket Railway's extension from Six Mile Bottom to Cambridge. The Newmarket Railway was absorbed by the Eastern Counties Railway on 30 March 1854, and just over a month later, Cherryhinton station closed on 1 May 1854.
Reopening of the station was proposed by Cambridgeshire County Council in May 2013 as part of an infrastructure plan to deal with projected population growth up to 2050. A proposal to reopen the station had previously been made in 1996 but 70% of residents who responded to a Council questionnaire were against it; in any event, a new station was not considered viable at that time.
Station house:
The original Cherry Hinton station house still stands on the corner of High Street and Railway Street, diagonally opposite the Cherry Hinton C of E Primary School. It serves as a landmark to local residents and its location is represented in the middle of Cherry Hinton village's historic crest, with coordinates made up of the railway line running horizontally across the crest, and the High Street running vertically down the crest.
The property was offered for sale by Grainger plc as a private residence in February 2013. The official name of the station house on its deed is the Gate House, as it formerly served as a level crossing gatehouse to the gate keeper who manually opened and closed the level crossing gates for the railway line.
Village:
Cherry Hinton is a suburban area of the city of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England. It is around 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Cambridge city centre.
History:
The rectangular parish of Cherry Hinton occupies the western corner of Flendish hundred on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Cambridge. (See Hundreds of Cambridgeshire.)
There are some pictures and a description of the parish church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website.
Cherry Hinton has an entry in the Domesday Book: Hintone: Count Alan. 4 mills. (Alan Rufus ‘the Red', one of the Counts of Brittany, confiscated Hinton Manor from Edith, Harold II of England's common law first wife, Edith Swanneck: 'Eddeva The Fair')
The War Ditches are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort (55 metres in diameter) where a massacre took place, now mostly lost to quarrying. (See Cherry Hinton Pit)
Geography:
Cherry Hinton lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Cambridge city centre, and falls within the Cambridge City boundary but is geographically separated from it by the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall, the airfield and the flooded chalk pits. The village itself is fairly compact. North of the village is Cambridge Airport; to the East is Fulbourn; to the South is Cherry Hinton Pit, a nature reserve formed from old chalk pits and then the Gog Magog Hills which rise to 75 metres. Outside the residential area the land is open farmland, with relatively few trees.
Demography:
Substantial housing estate developments, both local authority and private have taken place in the village over the last 50 years. Housing is typically suburban with 2,200 people per square kilometre; 40% of housing being semi-detached and 60% being owner-occupied.
In 2001 the population of the village was made up of 1,600 people under 16, 4,950 aged 16 to 59, and 1,750 over 60.
Economy:
In common with changes in the post-war years most of the residents in employment work outside the village, in Cambridge and elsewhere. There are small industrial units scattered throughout the area, together with a thriving high-street with a selection of shops and small businesses. Marshall Aerospace, the aircraft maintenance company and owners of Cambridge Airport, to the North, has been a major employer in recent decades.
In 2001 the economically active population was estimated at 4,186 (70% of the population aged 16 to 74). Unemployment was given as 2.4%.
The village has three business areas: an industrial estate at the end of Coldham's Lane (between that and Church Lane) at the northern end of the High Street, and the Peterhouse Business park on the South-Eastern edge. The former site includes companies such as Inca Digital, Semitool, Storage King, and Carl Zeiss. The Peterhouse park includes the head office of the world-famous ARM processor designer, labs for the Human Nutrition Research Centre, and the head office of Cambridge Water. Lastly and Fulbourn Hospital
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Vlogmas Day 6: Fear of needles & a walk at Cherry Lake
Today started out pretty rough! I had to get a blood test and I ended up on the floor with the nurse reminding me to breathe! But it only got better from there - we went to Savers, found an amazing book, and then went for a soul-nourishing walk to Altona Coastal Park and Cherry Lake.
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Mothering Sunday Service at Sulgrave March 1990 Part Two 'Clipping' the Church
Second Part of the Mothering Sunday Service at St.james the Less, Sulgrave on March 25th 1990. This shows the revival of the ancient tradition of Clipping' the Church
Men in court accused of off-duty PC Neil Doyle's murder
Two men have appeared in court accused of the murder of off-duty police officer Neil Doyle.
PC Doyle, 36, was allegedly attacked on a Christmas night out near the Aloha Club in Liverpool early on Friday.
Andrew Taylor, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton and Christopher Spendlove, 30, of Brandearth Hey, Stockbridge Village appeared at Liverpool Crown Court.
They were remanded in custody until 6 January when they will appear via videolink at the same court.
Footballers
The pair also face a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent against two other police officers, Michael Steventon and Robert Marsh, who were were allegedly assaulted in the same incident on Colquitt Street.
The officers were treated in hospital for facial injuries.
No applications for bail were made as the Recorder of Liverpool, Judge Clement Goldstone QC, adjourned the proceedings and said a trial date would be set at the next preliminary hearing.
It is understood both defendants, believed to be close friends, played football together while studying at Oklahoma City University in the United States.
They were team-mates at US soccer league outfit Austin Aztex who were managed at the time by former Everton player Adrian Heath.
Mr Taylor returned to the UK to sign for non-league team Forest Green Rovers in 2009 before later moves to Burscough FC and Vauxhall Motors.
Dismissed
Mr Spendlove stayed in the US and went on to play for Portland Phoenix, Wilmington Hammerheads and Oklahoma City Energy, where he was appointed assistant coach in January.
The general manager of Oklahoma Energy, Jason Hawkins, said in a statement: Given the seriousness of the charges, we have made the decision to dismiss Chris from the organization.
That said, we are deeply saddened by the news of the incident and our hearts go out to the family of the police officer who lost his life.
PC Doyle died of bleeding around the brain, a post-mortem examination revealed.
He married in July and was due to go on honeymoon next month.