Does anyone know when the railway station came to Lydney? I have been looking online but have yet to find a definitive answer. It appears to be around 1851.

A person I am researching was a railway clerk at Chepstow in 1851. Now, thanks to your great site, I have discovered that in 1853, on the baptism of his son, he was Station Master at Lydney. Now was this wishful promotion - he was the only station staff at Lydney at that time? Or had he really made the leap from clerk to Station Master?

Can you recommend some useful reading?

many thanks