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ROADS AND STREETS

STATION ROAD, KEYHAM BARTON

Updated:  15 April 2011 

 
Location of Station Road, Keyham Barton

Station Road, Keyham Barton, ran eastwards as a continuation of Goschen Street from Tamar Avenue towards Moor View.

Origin of the name, Station Road

Obviously the name heralds the existence of a railway station.  In this case it was the Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway's Ford Station, at the eastern end of the Road.  The Station was opened in 1890 although Station Road did not follow until 1898.

Station Road, Keyham Barton, Devonport.
 

History of Station Road, Keyham Barton

The fields upon which Station Road, Keyhanm Barton, was built.

 The picture left shows the fields upon which Station Road was constructed.  It is dated circa 1860.  As will be noted, the bridge carrying the Cornwall Railway was there some thirty years before Station Road and Goschen Street were built.  The lane ran from Keyham Barton Farm up to the fields that form what is now Alexandra Park and Parkside.

On Monday June 2nd 1890 the Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway opened their line from Lydford to Devonport along with a station to serve the small community at Ford.
 

This opened up the whole of this area to development and it was not long before the fields belonging to Keyham Barton Farm were being sold off for housing.  Part of what the Western Daily Mercury called "A Big Building Scheme" was for a road from the bridge carrying the Great Western Railway line over the lane to the new station and it was logical to call that road Station Road.

Most but not all of the land was owned by the Keyham Barton Estate Company and the principal architect was Mr Samuel Roberts, the builder of the Grand Theatre in Stonehouse.

It was not until the houses had been built that the Great Western Railway opened their own Halt at the western end of Station Road.

For the author's own recollections of this area, go to Keyham Memories.

Some Views of Station Road, Keyham Barton

The backs of the post-war houses in Station Road between the railway and Warleigh Avenue, 1952.

 

The backs of the post-war houses in Station Road between the railway and Warleigh Avenue, 1952.
©  Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery.

 
   

Occupants of Station Road, Keyham Barton

Sources:

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©  Brian Moseley, Plymouth, UK

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