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McConnell Drive, Wolverton, Milton Keynes: Architectural Building Recording |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Planning permission was granted for the conversion of the existing building at the former scrap yard on McConnell Drive, Wolverton, into two one-bedroom flats and the erection of a new building containing 12 one-bedroom flats. A building survey therefore took place The building that stands in the north-western corner of the Development Area originally was part of a goods yard within the Wolverton railway works. Map evidence shows that the goods yard consisted of a large rectangular goods shed in which trains were directed via turntables off the main line. A small office was attached to the western side of the goods shed. The site of the current building was occupied by a stable block with a number of small outhouses to the north. Goods most likely arrived at the shed and were transferred to horse-drawn carts in order to be re-distributed to areas beyond the works and the town. Around 1900 the goods yard was connected to the Wolverton and Stony Stratford Light Railway and the stable block demolished. Between 1900 and 1925 the building currently on site was built, most likely as a larger and purpose built administrative building. No original fixtures and fittings survive apart from a wooden partition inside the building that would have formed a separate office space, most likely for the head clerk or manager. The building and goods yard on McConnell Drive were a small but nevertheless important component of the Wolverton Works and the wider transport industry associated with the town. The project has highlighted the role of the goods yard and associated infrastructure in taking goods that arrived by rail on the main north-south transport route and then re-distributing them to locations away from the main rail line. The physical remains on the site as well cartographic and map evidence has shown how this changed from transport by horse and cart to light railway and tram and eventually to lorries. |
Author: |
H Cooper-Reade
Christiane Meckseper
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Milton Keynes SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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McConnell Drive, Wolverton |
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Buckinghamshire |
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Milton Keynes |
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WOLVERTON AND GREENLEYS |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 481950, 241040 (Easting, Northing)
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albionar1-146124 |
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2013-47 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |