RAILSCOT | Meeth Clay Works

Works

Quarry Clay works
07/08/2023

Nearby stations Meeth Halt Petrockstow Hatherleigh Dunsbear Halt Yarde Halt Hole Watergate Halt Torrington Halwill Sampford Courtenay Ashbury Portsmouth Arms Dunsland Cross Maddaford Moor Halt Eggesford	Glebe Pit [Meeth] Courtmoor Quarry Westbear Quarry Marland Clay Works Torrington Viaduct Railway Cottage Meldon Quarry Meldon Viaduct Meldon Junction Bideford Shed Derriton Viaduct Appledore Shipyard Barnstaple Shed Barnstaple South Junction Barnstaple East Junction
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1965	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Torrington closed to regular passenger trains. Hole, Hatherleigh, Meeth Halt, Petrockstow, Dunsbear Halt, Yarde Halt, Watergate Halt, Torrington, Bideford [2nd], Instow, Fremington. Halwill to near Meeth Clay Works closed.
/ /1968	Torrington and Marland Light Railway Petrockstow to near Meeth Clay Works becomes privately owned.
/08/1982	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company 'The Devon Explorer' runs from Barnstaple to Meeth Clay Works and return.
08/11/1982	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Line officially closed from Meeth Clay Works to Barnstaple. Clay traffic had transferred to road.
/06/1984	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Track lifting begins, working back from Meeth Clay Works through Torrington and Bideford to Barnstaple.