Timeline
Year |
Month |
Event |
1675 |
Property belonging to Miles Archer at Oxenholme assessed for 9 hearths | |
1710 |
Oct 6 |
Presentment by John Archer, esqr., that the highway leading from Pottbeck to Oxen Holme is very ruinous; order for repair before 1 December, by the inhabitants under pain of £10 fine. Kendal Order Book, 1696–1724. |
1735 |
Dec 4 |
John Archer, doctor of physic and one of his majesty’s justices of the Peace for the county, died at Oxenholme. “He was a worthy man, an honor to his profession, an impartial magistrate, an amiable friend, a delight to his acquaintance, an happiness to his country.” Memento mori, published by Thomas Cotton, Kendal. |
1841 |
Jun 6 |
Census: Only 1 household (Oxenholme Farm) with total population of 13 (9 males & 4 females) |
1846 |
Sep 18 |
Official opening of 20 mile section of railway from Oxenholme to Lancaster and 2 mile section from Oxenholme to Kendal |
1846 |
Dec 15 |
Main line from Oxenholme to Carlisle completed |
1847 |
Mar |
Branch line from Kendal to Windermere completed |
1851 |
Mar 30 |
Census: Only 1 household (Oxenholme Farm) with total population of 12 (8 males & 4 females) |
1851 |
May |
Eleanor Hayhurst drowns in the canal close to Highgate Settings bridge |
1852 | Nov 3 | Robert Bateman found drowned in the reservoir at Oxenholme Station |
1853 | Mar 3 | William Dawson, night porter, dies following accident on incline towards Kendal |
1853 |
Oct 14 |
Queen Victoria stops at Oxenholme Station |
1860 | Nov 21 | Railway labourer William Simpson killed on line near Jenkin Crag |
1861 |
Apr 30 |
Census: Just 8 households with total population of 40 (19 males & 21 females). |
1862 |
George Teasdale granted licence to sell spirits at Oxenholme Station Inn | |
1868 | Jan |
Platelayer John Cross killed half a mile from Oxenholme Station |
1871 |
Apr 2 |
Census: Just 8 households with total population of 35 (22 males & 13 females). |
1871 |
Dec 9 |
James Armer gatekeeper killed at Oxenholme Level Crossing |
1872 |
The parish of Natland, including Oxenholme, is formed – | |
1872 |
In an Act (35 Vict., c. 87) for conferring additional powers on the London and North- | |
1875 | Mar |
Head Porter Thompson Holmes loses arm |
1878 |
In an Act (41 Vict. c. 181) for conferring further powers on the London and North- | |
1878 | Dec 25 |
William Phillipson, who attended the mail bags, was killed at Oxenholme Station |
1880 | Sep 11 |
Stewardson Martin, a workman for the station alterations, was killed at Oxenholme Station |
1880/1 |
Oxenholme Station & Oxenholme Railway Shed rebuilt | |
1881 |
Apr 3 |
Census: |
1885 |
Helmside Cottages built | |
1890 |
Jan 1 |
John Pears foreman porter killed at Oxenholme Station |
1890 |
Station Road constructed and Oxenholme House built | |
1890 |
Jul 19 |
Thomas Howson 36 killed near Helmside Bridge |
1890 |
Oct 16 |
William Langhorn porter killed at Oxenholme Junction |
1890 |
Oct 25 |
John William Royston breaksman 36 killed near Oxenholme Station |
1891 |
Apr 5 |
Census: |
1896 |
Jan 15 |
John Dobson foreman porter 36 killed at Oxenholme Station |
1896 |
Natland Terrace built | |
1897 |
Hill Place built | |
1901 |
Mar 31 |
Census: |
1906 |
Helmside Road, linking Helmside and Natland Terrace, constructed and Mission Hall opens | |
1909 | Feb 9 |
John Park shunter has lower limb amputated after accident at Oxenholme Station |
1909 | Jul 21 |
Jane Page found drowned in canal |
1911 |
Apr 30 |
Census: |
1913 |
Dec 1 |
Oxenholme Breaksman Harry Paine critically injured at Wigan and died Dec 5 |
1914 – |
1918 |
First World War |
1915 |
Jun 28 |
Private George Francis ‘Frank’ Askew dies at Gallipoli |
1917 |
May 27 |
Private Douglas Swan Tweddle dies in France |
1918 |
Mar 28 |
Private Alexander Cragghill dies at the Battle of Arras |
1920 |
Jan 8 |
William Green killed at Oxenholme by Preston Express |
1920 |
Jan 25 |
Private Herbert Nixon dies in Southern Russia |
1921 |
Bolefoot building starts | |
1921 |
Natland and Oxenholme Women’s Institute formed | |
1923 |
London & North Western Railway (LNWR) becomes part of London, Midland & Scottish (LMS) Railway | |
1925 | Aug 25 |
Ernest Nevinson dies following accident in Oxenholme shunting yard |
1937 |
Electricity reaches Oxenholme | |
1938 |
Richard Hill injured on railway | |
1939 – |
1945 |
Second World War |
1948 |
London, Midland & Scottish (LMS) Railway becomes London Midland Region (LMR) of British Railways | |
1951 |
Mission Hall closes | |
1958 |
Refreshment Room at Oxenholme Station transfers from British Transport Catering into private ownership of Jane Elizabeth Wilson. While under BTC control it was run by Miss M Place who lived at No 2 cottage. It had a beer cellar. | |
1962 |
Jun |
Engine shed closes. Its last Shedmaster was W. Walker. |
1962 |
Refreshment Room at Oxenholme Station closes. Sadly closure of the goods shed took away some of its trade. | |
1965 |
Feb 10 |
Armed man shoots three policemen at Oxenholme Station, killing Police Constable George William McKinley Russell, aged 35 |
1968 |
Road bridge raised in readiness for electrification | |
1969 |
Station closes to goods traffic | |
1971 |
Five people injured when Glasgow to Manchester express hit local train at Oxenholme Station | |
1971 |
Railway main line electrified | |
1973 |
Signal boxes at Oxenholme Station removed | |
1974 |
May |
HM Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Oxenholme Station |
1977 |
Refreshment facilities return to Oxenholme Station | |
1985 |
May 25 |
HM Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Oxenholme Station in the Royal Train to visit the Lake District and are received by Lord- |
2013 |
Jul 17 |
HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Princess Royal visit Oxenholme |
2015 |
Feb 10 |
Service to commemorate Police Constable George William McKinley Russell murdered at Oxenholme Station 50 years previously |
Page last updated: 27 October 2021