GWR Route: The North Warwickshire Line

Stratford upon Avon Station: gwrsa494

Looking south from the Birmingham end of the station towards Honeybourne. Stratford's livestock market was held immediately next to the station, on the left in this photograph, and is recorded in Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith's book entitled 'Stratford Upon Avon to Cheltenham' as having the name 'Smithfield'.

The market was an important source of income for the railways because the livestock would often be brought in to the market from out lying areas as well as transporting the sold livestock to the various abbatoirs across the region. In this photograph a number of cattle vans or horss boxes are standing the other side of the fence.

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