Great Bridgeford

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Great Bridgeford village Hall, May 2008

Great Bridgeford is a village in Staffordshire, five miles north-west of the county town, Stafford. It lies on the A5013 road and is the point where the B5405 meets the A5013. Great Bridgeford has a village hall, and two tennis courts.

The village lies on the West Coast Main Line railway from London to Glasgow. A station at Great Bridgeford was opened in 1837 by the Grand Junction Railway but it closed to passengers in 1949 and completely in 1959.

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River Sow and railway at Great Bridgeford, looking south towards Stafford, May 2008

The railway line at Great Bridgeford was the scene of a major accident and derailment on the evening of 6 June 1932. Four people died and many others were injured in this accident.[1]

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