Tidenham Tunnel, Netherhope -> Dennel

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, August 18, 2008, 01:10 (6013 days ago) @ marywilliams

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/206067 - south entrance
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/202474 - north entrance

There was a house at Netherhope by 1655, and a stone house and a cottage stood
there by the mouth of the railway tunnel in 1969

In 1876 the Wye Valley Railway was completed, branching out of the South Wales Railway
at Sedbury and passing through a tunnel 1,188 yards long from Netherhope to the banks
of the Wye below Dennel Hill. There was a station near Churchend and halts at Tutshill
and Netherhope, which were closed in 1959.

From: 'Tidenham including Lancaut: Introduction', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp. 50-62. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15757. Date accessed: 18 August 2008.

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