Selby Coalfield E.C.M.L. Diversion
This is an Archive held at The National Archives and shows the East Coast Main Line diversion from Temple Hirst…
Boyhood Memories of the Track at Bishopthorpe
Tim lived in Bishopthorpe as a young lad and still lives there today, using the path on a daily basis.…
Report on the Architectural Design of the Selby Shaft Sites
A “coffee table” publication dated May 1979 by architects Fletcher Ross & Hickling for the National Coal Board North Yorks…
The Need for Tactical Exploration of the Selby Coalfield, North Yorkshire
An item describing the need for exploration at the Selby coalfield in North Yorkshire.
Selby Coalfield: Development Implications for British Rail
An open document on the Selby coalfield’s development implications for the British Rail from 1974-1976. This document is held at…
Railway to Greenway Rail Heritage Scoping Schedule
This excel file was compiled by Sophie Vohra of York University as a scoping exercise identifying documents that might be…
Living by the line – 1972
York to Selby line I first saw the rented bungalow by the railway line back in July 1972, the day…
Wikipedia Article on Selby Coalfield
This article describes the history of the coalfield and ‘post closure’.
Oral History : John Meredith – Designer of the East Coast Mainline diversion
John Meredith was a railway engineer who started work on the Southern Railway in 1945. After ten years, he went…
British Rail plans to divert main line – 1976 Guardian article
This is a a copy of a Guardian article by A.C. Layhe, Chief Planning Officer BR Eastern Region, dated 29th…