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NeilsYard
Coventry
16 of 23  Fri 3rd Dec 2021 10:58am  

Peter, do you know why Berkswell Station is named so when it's more in Balsall Common? Post copied from topic Railways around Coventry on 3rd Dec 2021 11:59 am
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
17 of 23  Fri 3rd Dec 2021 11:19am  

Neil, it seems to have had several name changes in its life. It was originally called Dockers Lane Station. It was changed to Berkswell on 1st January 1853, then to Berkswell & Balsall Common in 1928, reverting to Berkswell. In the 1840's Dockers Lane Station was classed as being in the parish of Berkswell. It sounds as if they did not know what to call it either. Dockers Lane Station.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
18 of 23  Fri 3rd Dec 2021 11:28am  

I was told of a controversy regards the name Berkswell. Seriously. An assumption is Berks Well. A parish vicar once told me that the name was at one time Berk Swell. I've not had any pills yet! More tea, Vicar?
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
19 of 23  Fri 3rd Dec 2021 11:32am  

Don't worry Phil, they won't be coming yet! On old maps there is a Berks Well marked. It is a 16ft square stone walled well just outside the churchyard.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
20 of 23  Fri 3rd Dec 2021 2:46pm  

Hi Anne, Also the name Beorcul's Well.
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PeterB
Mount Nod
21 of 23  Sat 4th Dec 2021 7:36pm  

Berkswell is not an original station on the line, not opening until 1844 [Berkswell (BKW)]. Balsall Common just was a couple of hamlets with 6-12 houses each until house building started in the 1930's. The 1928 name change was probably to attract house buyers (commuters) a la Metroland. Berkswell Hall became a school in 1843 when the owner left to become Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) so the new station might have been built to get the traffic from the school. Post copied from topic Railways around Coventry on 6th Dec 2021 1:37 pm
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NeilsYard
Coventry
22 of 23  Mon 6th Dec 2021 12:34pm  

Thanks Peter - I used to live at Berkswell Hall (ok, the stables next door!)
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Mick Strong
Coventry
23 of 23  Mon 16th Jan 2023 8:05pm  

On 28th Sep 2012 11:46pm, pat said: Also if you walk through the churchyard keeping to the left and through the stile there is a lovely walk where you can see the large Berkswell house lake and woods. I think it leads onto Heart of England walk Thumbs up
Just to let you all know, this walk has now been ruined by HS2 works. You are no longer able to do the circular through the quarries. An update, the cafe in the village is now fully refurbished and open for business.
Mick Strong

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