Brooksby railway station
# Brooksby railway station

Brooksby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Brooksby, Hoby and Rotherby in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the Brooksby to Hoby road.

## History

The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station buildings were larger than most on the line, considering it served a small village. The stationmasters' house was designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood. The contractors T.W.& H. Herbert undertook to build it for £1,921.

It closed in 1961. It remained in use for goods until 1964. The station became grade II listed building in 1979.

## Stationmasters

* Benjamin Isett ca. 1851
* Thomas Howitt ca. 1861 - 1863
* Joseph Clemenstone 1863 - ca. 1865
* John Ballentine ca. 1871 - 1879
* Lot Gilby 1879 - 1883
* John Jameson 1883 - 1900
* Henry E. Haines 1900 - 1903 (formerly station master at Watnall, afterwards station master at Helpston)
* Samson Seddon 1903 - 1926 (formerly station master at Syston)
* J.H. Roberts ca. 1928 (also station master at Rearsby)
* Luke Randolph Benson ca. 1933 - 1942 (also station master at Rearsby)
* T.A. Goddard 1942 - 1944 (afterwards station master at Leigh)
* T.T. Perkins 1944
* G.W.S. Springs 1944 - ca. 1945
* L. Cope ca. 1957

| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
| - | - | - |
| Rearsby | Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough | Frisby |
