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==Bridgnorth history before preservation==
[[File:Bridgnorth 1849 poster.jpg | thumb|200px|right | Poster for a goods conveyancing service to the nearest rail connection Wolverhampton in 1849]][[File:GWR Bridgnorth advert 1956.jpg | thumb|200px|right | Advert for GWR passenger and parcels service to Shifnal station in 1856]]
[[File:Bridgnorth pre 1887.jpeg | thumb|200px|right | Bridgnorth Station from Pan Pudding Hill before the footbridge was built in 1887]]
[[File:Bridgnorth Station 1901291 3efa8154.jpg | thumb|200px|right | Bridgnorth under threat of closure in 1962 (Wikimedia Commons)]]
[[File:Bridgnorth Station plan 1929.jpg | thumb|200px|right | Floor plan of station building in 1929]]
 
*1849 A goods conveyancing service by road to Wolverhampton Railway Station is advertised by a local carrier in partnership with the Grand Junction Railway.
 
*1856 A passenger and parcels service by road to Shifnal Railway Station is advertised by the GWR.
*1862 Bridgnorth has a population of 6569<ref>[[Bibliography | Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway, J. Randall, 1863]]</ref> (Population; 12,079 in 2011 census)<ref>[https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics "Bridgnorth (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics] (Retrieved 23 November 2015)</ref>

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