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====Volunteer accommodation====
[[GWR 2426 Toplight Full Third]] was stabled at Hampton Loade from 1988 for SVR volunteers' accommodation. 2426 continued in use until mid-2016 and was succeeded by [[GWR 55 Riding/Dormitory Van|GWR Riding Van 55]].
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GWR 2426 20150307.jpg|GWR Toplight Full Third 2426 in March 2015
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In late 2014 the railway announced that the station house had become vacant, and plans were in hand for it to be converted into SVR volunteers' accommodation and mess room, with costs shared between [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC]] and [[Hampton Loade Station Fund]].<ref>SVR(H) notice board issue NBI-H-194 "October-December 2014 Round Up", published on [https://www.svrlive.com/ SVRLive]</ref> This provides a more suitable facility than does rolling stock. Volunteer work involved decoration and the [[Hampton Loade Station Fund|Station Fund]] acquiring period GWR and BR(WR) furniture.<ref>Hampton Loade Station Facebook</ref>
==Points of interest==
==== Goods Lock Up ====
A number of stations on the Severn Valley branch were provided with a Goods Lock Up, a small corrugated iron hut where parcels and other merchandise traffic could be securely stored while awaiting collection or delivery. Lock Ups were generally built to a standard GWR design, although with many detail differences. Lengths also varied, with 10ft, 14ft and 20ft being common.<ref>Posters and photographs on display at Eardington, April 2024</ref>
The Lock Up at Hampton Loade can still be seen on Platform 1. A similar lockup can also be seen at [[Arley]] where it serves as the station shop. The footprint of a third Lock Up can be seen next to the station building at [[Eardington]], although the structure itself was removed, probably in the late 1940s. All three examples are (or were) of the 20ft type.
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Hampton_Loade_Goods_Lock_Up_20160218.jpg|Hampton Loade Goods Lock Up
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====Passenger Foot Ferry====
*[[God's Wonderful Railway]] (1980 BBC Children's drama)
*[[The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain]] (1995 film).
*[[Can you hear me?]] (In post-production {{As of|2023|lc="y"}}film)
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HE_686_at_Hampton_Loade_1972.jpg | 686 as used for filming in 1972 (David Cooke)
!Name!!Born !! data-sort-type="date" | From !! data-sort-type="date" | To !! Comments
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|William SherwoodJohn Williams ||15 November 1846 Bidford1831 Lampeter Velfrey, WarwickshirePembrokeshire || data-sort-value="1/118/18971863" | November 1897August 1863 ||data-sort-value="1/107/19041866" | July 1866 || Booking Constable.|-| Henry Powell || 7 October 19041836 Ombersley, Worcestershire || data-sort-value="1/7/1866" | July 1866 || data-sort-value="1/1/1887" | January 1887 ||Booking Porter. Previously employed at [[Hartlebury]] and , later as Booking Porter at [[Eardington]] on the branch, amongst other stationsand at [[Highley]]. ‘Station |-|William Sherwood||15 November 1846 Bidford, Warwickshire|| data-sort-value="1/1/1887" | January 1887||data-sort-value="1/10/1904" | October 1904||Booking Porter, Station Inspector from (January 1890, ans ) and Station Master (November 1897). 1891 census describes Sherwood as ‘Station Master”. Previously employed at Hartlebury and Eardington on the branch, amongst other stations. From January to May 1899 ‘stould in’ for W G Cleeton as station master at [[Berrington]]. Resigned 1904, the 1911 census records Sherwood as “Invalided Retired Station Master”.
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| Alfred Stanley || 21 December 1855 Blockley, Worcestershire || data-sort-value="241/101/19041907" | 24 October 1904 From 1907 || data-sort-value="2114/32/19151918" | 21 March 1915 14 February 1918 || Ill Signalman from March 1915, and retired. Died at Bridgnorth in 19181904.
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| Joseph Thomas Hill || 5 April 1877 Kinver, Staffordshire || data-sort-value="211/34/19151918" | March 1915 April 1918 || data-sort-value="1/19/19241922" | Around 1924 September 1922 || Previously employed at [[Bewdley]], Hampton Loade and [[Bridgnorth]] on the branch, amongst other stations. Moved to become station master at [[Arley]].|-| Joseph Bousher || 7 April 1875 Kintbury, Berkshire || data-sort-value="1/9/1922" | September 1922 || data-sort-value="1/11/1924" | November 1924 || Previously employed at Ironbridge and Bewdley.|-| Frederick Ralph Stratford Richards || 19 December 1882 Minchinhampton || data-sort-value="1/11/1924" | November 1924 || data-sort-value="1/4/1926" | April 1926 || Subsequently station master at Hartlebury.|-| Frederick William Peachey || 29 March 1891 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire || data-sort-value="1/1/1946" | 1946 || data-sort-value="11/10/1946" | 11 October 1946 || Deceased. Previously employed at Stourport, then station master at Highley and Ironbridge.
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From 1930 looked after by the Station Master at Highley. In 1939 the signalman was residing in Hampton Loade Station House.
From 1 April 1951 Hampton Loade was supervised by Bridgnorth.
==Historic maps of Hampton Loade Station==
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Early Station Masters data taken from census and GWR staff records by Reg Instone, who is involved with the Signalling Records Society, the LNWR Society and the GWR Study Group. Additional information from Chris Haynes.
== Links ==
*[http://www.sharpos-world.co.uk/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=17 Sharpos-World photos at Hampton Loade, showing station buildings, signalbox etc.]
*[https://hamptonloadestation.org.uk/ Hampton Loade station website]
