
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Buxton Railway Station fan window. This large fan window formed part of a pair of stations at Buxton which were opened in 1863 by the London & North Western and Midland Railway companies. The fan window, with its associated screen wall, is listed Grade II and is all that remains of the original London & North Western station.
The Buxton Railway Station fan window represents a remnant of the 1863 railway expansion in Buxton by the London & North Western Railway, symbolizing the Victorian era's railway boom and its impact on local development.
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