Midland Railway Company owners

Littleover Historical Society  April 2025

As the Railway marks 200 years of passenger train travel this year, we can look back at such a huge breakthrough in travel beginning with George Stevenson's Locomotion carrying more 400 than people along Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27th September 1825. It must have seemed a long way for people in Littleover then; not so much now with today's transport! 50 years later as rail travel drew nearer to Littleover, in 1875 our next door neighbour Mickleover celebrated the opening of a railway station, which covered the Mickleover to Radbourne route. Although we never sported a railway ourselves, we certainly housed many Railway managers. Littleover House was originally thought to have been purchased or maybe leased by the Midland Railway Company, but was known to have been owned later by Sir James Allport, renowned as a pioneer of comfortable railway travelling.

11th April - we next meet at 10am at Littleover Grange Hall Community Centre, Park Lane. Visitors welcome, join us for a chat and refreshments, £3. Come along or contact:

Jan 01332 348903 or jan.dante@virgin.net.