Whissendine railway station
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Whissendine railway station was a station serving the villages of Whissendine
in Rutland
and Wymondham
and Edmondthorpe
in Leicestershire
. The station itself was about one and a half miles from each, and was in Leicestershire
. It opened in 1848 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway
and was originally named Wymondham but by 1863 it had been renamed Whisendine (with one s).
Whissendine
Whissendine is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland, England lying north west of the county town, Oakham.It has two pubs , a church, a former Methodist chapel, and a windmill. The Methodist chapel closed in 2009, the last service being held on 30 August.Whissendine Windmill, built in...
in Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
and Wymondham
Wymondham, Leicestershire
thumb|left|Church Lane, WymondhamWymondham is a village in the district of Melton in Leicestershire, England. It is part of a civil parish which also covers the nearby hamlet of Edmondthorpe. The parish has a population of about 600. It is close to the county borders with Lincolnshire and Rutland,...
and Edmondthorpe
Edmondthorpe
Edmondthorpe is a small village in Leicestershire, close to the border with Rutland. It has Danish origins.The name Edmondthorpe is derived from a corrupted form of the Old English personal name 'Eadmer', in old records spelled variously, Edmersthorp ; Thorp Edmer; Thorp Emeri; Thorp Edmeer;...
in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. The station itself was about one and a half miles from each, and was in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. It opened in 1848 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway
Syston and Peterborough Railway
The Syston and Peterborough Railway was an early railway in England opened between 1845 and 1848 to form a branch from the Midland Counties Railway at Syston just north of Leicester to Peterborough.-Origins:...
and was originally named Wymondham but by 1863 it had been renamed Whisendine (with one s).