Trough in situ on the platform at The Station, Rushden
This salt glazed, orange peel ceramic trough was made by Oates and Green Ltd. of Halifax, which by 1881 was situated at Horley Green Road, Halifax. The company’s trademark, 4.5cms in diameter, is embossed on the top middle section. The trough has the inscription ‘6FT3’ indicating its approximate length of188cms by 47cms wide and 32cms deep with four divisions for accommodating up to four horses, although the greatest wear and tear is evident in the middle two sections. The railway stables at Rushden were in operation between 1893, when the station was opened for the transport of goods, and 1950 when the horses were superseded by the ‘mechanical horse’, the Scammel’.
The railway dray horse stables were situated on the corner of Station Road and High Street, opposite the bottom of Station Approach, now John Clark Way, and could house up to twelve horses.
Saved by the Rushden Historical Transport Society it was used, for many years, as a plant holder and has had some knocks over the years it has stood on the platform at The Station, Rushden. It still stands on view to visitors, when the bar is open, even if the museum, in the station rooms, is shut.
The railway came to Northamptonshire in the mid-1800s with the Broad Gauge track of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway and a station at Aynho.
This is a rare type of medieval ceramic roof tile, replaced in the 13th century by standard rectangular ceramic or nib tiles used until the 20th century. The rarity of these roof tiles and their association with buildings of high status in Northampton, both religious and secular, is of historical and archaeological significance.
© Photo by J. Demet
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© Photo by Jane Demet
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