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Broadstone or Broad Stone may refer to: * Broadstone, Dublin, an inner city area of Dublin, Ireland ** Broadstone Station, a former railway station and current LUAS station in the Dublin suburb ** Broadstone railway works, a former railway workshop surrounding the station now used as bus garages * Broadstone, Dorset, a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England ** Broadstone (Dorset) railway station, a disused station in Dorset **Broadstone (ward) Broadstone is a suburb and electoral ward of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located from Hamworthy railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The ward had a population of 10,289 at the 2021 census. Since 1840, Broadstone ha ..., a ward in Dorset * Broadstone (Somerset) railway station, a disused station in Somerset * Broadstone, Kent * Broadstone, Shropshire * Broadstone, Monmouthshire * Broadstone, North Ayrshire Site of an old castle and barony * Broad Stone (County Antrim), or Craigs Dolmen, a megalthic monu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone, Dublin
Broadstone () is one of the three neighbourhoods that make up present-day Phibsboro in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The most southerly of these, it begins just two kilometres north of Father Mathew Bridge at Ormond Quay. The area is triangular, bounded by R108 road (Ireland), Phibsborough Road and Constitution Hill to the West, R101 road (Ireland), North Circular Road to the north, and Dorset Street, Dublin, Dorset Street and Bolton Street to the south-east. The postal district for the area is Dublin 7. Overview Broadstone was known in earlier times as Glasmanogue. The name is descriptive of a ford crossing place over the Bradogue River, a Liffey tributary stream the mouth of which is located there. The Bradogue rises in Cabra, Dublin, Cabra to the north-west and runs to the River Liffey, Liffey at Dublin quays, Ormond Quay. It has long been culverted and now runs wholly underground. Broadstone Station, a former railway terminus, is located opposite the King's Inns at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone Station
Broadstone railway station () was the Dublin terminus of the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR), located in the Dublin suburb of Broadstone. The site also contained the MGWR railway works and a steam locomotive motive power depot. A Luas tram stop opened at the front of the station in 2017. It is currently the headquarters of Bus Éireann, housing most of their administration and one of their main garages. Nearby on the same property is a Dublin Bus Depot. History Etymology The name derives from the Norse "Bradogue Steyn" or "Broad Stone", due to the Bradogue River crossing the road to Finglas at this location. "Bradogue" itself means "Young Salmon" in Irish. Beginnings In 1845, the Royal Canal was purchased by the Midland Great Western Railway Company (MGWR) with a view to using the land alongside the canal to construct a railway line to the west of Ireland. The line was constructed in stages and by 1848 reached Mullingar. Similarly, Broadstone station was worked in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone Railway Works
Broadstone railway works or simply Broadstone or the Broadstone was the headquarters for mechanical engineering and rolling stock maintenance for Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR). The complex grew around the Dublin Broadstone railway station, Dublin Broadstone railway terminus. History The first railway construction on the site was by J.S. Dawson, later to become Rogerson, Dawson an Russell. Two first class coaches are noted as ordered from the firm in 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway of England at a cost of £420 each. The firms workshops were later purchased and incorporated in Broadstone Works in 1851. From basic beginnings around the Dublin terminus serving the basic of the newly created railway in the late 1840s the works had grown and become cramped by 1869/70. The works were extended in 1877 allowing space for locomotive building and assembly with No. 49, ''Marquis'' being the first built there in 1879. A further 119 engines were built or constructed at Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone, Dorset
Broadstone is a suburb and electoral ward of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located from Hamworthy railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The ward had a population of 10,289 at the 2021 census. Since 1840, Broadstone has grown from a small farm to a suburb of 10,000 people. Centred on the main road (the B3074), 'The Broadway' is a busy hub of shops, churches, schools and housing. Broadstone is notable for its large recreation fields and heathland park, as well as an annual Christmas parade and lights. The Broadstone Heath possesses some of the original heathland which covered the Poole Basin. History In 1840, "Broadstone Farm" was built, and a railway line bypassed it in 1847. Its first church was built in 1853, which later became the Scout Association hall. The first Broadstone railway station was built in 1872; initially named "New Poole Junction", it became "Broadstone" in 1890. Broadstone First School originated as a Dame school, founded in 1871. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone (Dorset) Railway Station
Broadstone was a railway station in the northern part of the Borough of Poole in the county of Dorset in England. It opened in 1872 under the name of New Poole Junction and closed to passengers in 1966. Between these dates there were several changes of name for a station which at its height provided a suburb of Poole with four substantial platforms and a goods yard. A prominent feature of the station was the large footbridge needed to span the four running lines. Opened as New Poole Junction in 1872, as part of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, the station was the junction for the new line into Poole that superseded the old station at Lower Hamworthy. When the line was extended to Bournemouth West Broadstone became the junction for the trains to the Bournemouth station. Then the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway constructed a cutoff line, running through the Corfe Mullen station and the hamlet of Ashington, in order to avoid the need to reverse in Wimborne and Broadston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone (ward)
Broadstone is a suburb and electoral ward of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located from Hamworthy railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The ward had a population of 10,289 at the 2021 census. Since 1840, Broadstone has grown from a small farm to a suburb of 10,000 people. Centred on the main road (the B3074), 'The Broadway' is a busy hub of shops, churches, schools and housing. Broadstone is notable for its large recreation fields and heathland park, as well as an annual Christmas parade and lights. The Broadstone Heath possesses some of the original heathland which covered the Poole Basin. History In 1840, "Broadstone Farm" was built, and a railway line bypassed it in 1847. Its first church was built in 1853, which later became the Scout Association hall. The first Broadstone railway station was built in 1872; initially named "New Poole Junction", it became "Broadstone" in 1890. Broadstone First School originated as a Dame school, founded in 1871. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone (Somerset) Railway Station
Broadstone (Somerset) railway station was a very small halt on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway (WC&PR) was a Standard-gauge railway, standard gauge light railway in Somerset, England. It was conceived as a tramway in the 1880s, opening between the coastal towns of Weston-super-Mare and Cl ... which operated in Somerset between 1918 and 1940. History The station was opened in 1918. It was located on a level crossing, a mile from the village of Kingston Seymour. It had no built platforms, and possessed only a very small wooden shelter, not much larger than a telephone booth. Despite its small proportions, the suffix 'halt' was not used. Broadstone closed along with the railway in 1940. Present Day The site of the station was not visible to the casual observer for many years. The WC&P Railway Group has erected a replica of the wooden shelter at the location. References {{SouthWestEngland-railstation- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadstone, North Ayrshire
Broadstone lies close to the small village of Gateside in North Ayrshire, Scotland about half a mile east of Beith in the old Barony of Giffen. The history of Broadstone The castle The ruins of Braidstone or Broadstone Castle (NS 362 531) remained until about 1850. but when Broadstonehall Farm buildings were being rebuilt, the castle was pulled down and its stones used in the building works; the Broadstone Crags, the site of the castle, remain however despite local quarrying. An avenue of trees and the vestiges of a garden had survived until the time of the building of the farm. Its site was pointed out by Mr W Kerr of Broadstonehall in 1855. The Barony mill Most baronies had a water mill which was under the control of the laird or lord and to which the tenants were thirled or obliged to go to have their grain ground into flour. A proportion of the grain was taken as payment. Thirlage ended in the late 18th century and resulted in a number of mills being abandoned once market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Stone (County Antrim)
Craigs Dolmen (also known as the Broad Stone) is a megalithic tomb in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is south of Ballymoney, off Finvoy Road, at a height of 200m on the Long Mountain. Craigs Dolmen passage tomb is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Craigs, County Antrim, Craigs, in Ballymoney (borough), Borough of Ballymoney. Its grid reference is C9740 1729. Features It features a big capstone on seven upright stones and is wrongly assumed to be a dolmen, actually being a Passage grave, passage tomb. Lightning broke the capstone in 1976. It was restored in 1985, and excavation revealed that the chamber was the remnants of a passage tomb at the time. It was most likely erected before 2000 BC, although it was re-used for burial throughout the Bronze Age. The large capstone over the entrance and the first chamber of this 3-chambered tomb was re-erected using an upright stone at the rear which probably was not an original feature. The almost semicircular forec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
