station master at wressle and foggathorpe

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jim j
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station master at wressle and foggathorpe

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my relitive thomas johnson was station master at wressle in the 1860's then moved to foggathorpe about 1870 to 1890 when his son in law william creasor scott took over ,i'm having trouble working out who he work for ,looked at to many sites and got confuesd
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strang steel
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Re: station master at wressle and foggathorpe

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Wouldn't that be the North Eastern Railway?
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jim j
NER Y7 0-4-0T
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Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:26 pm
Location: overlooking hut

Re: station master at wressle and foggathorpe

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think your right ,just some times you look on internet sites and dates of who took over what change from one to another and peoples thoughts on what took place
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strang steel
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Re: station master at wressle and foggathorpe

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From the way I understand it, the NER leased the lines from the Hull and Selby for about 20 years before taking them over completely. I presume that the employees would be under NER control, but maybe someone more knowledgeable on these matters would be able to confirm this?

I presume that you have looked at the relevant census returns, because sometimes they do add the company name in the box marked 'employment'.
John. My spotting log website is now at https://spottinglogs.co.uk/spotting-rec ... s-70s-80s/
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