Wych Cross
00, Southern Railway, 8 foot by 4 foot
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Primrose Line
The Primrose Line is an imaginary 11 mile long line running
through the High Weald from south of Horsted Keynes Station on the Bluebell Line
to west of Withyham Station on the now closed Groombridge-East Grinstead Line.
The Primrose Line would have separated from the Bluebell Line 600 yards south of Horsted Keynes Station
at Goddenwick Junction, followed the Valley of the Birch Brook to a tunnel under Wych Cross
after emerging in to the Lodge Brook Valley the Line would follow the Brook to Summerford Junction
700 yards west of Withyham Station. En-route the
Primrose Line would pass Ludwell (actually the village of Horsted Keynes),
Chelwood, Wych Cross, Newbridge Mill, and Hewkins Bridge (actually the village
of Withyham).
Goods traffic would be mixed. Agriculture is mostly husbandry
with feed crops and the grazing of beef & milk cattle, pigs, and sheep. Milk was
moved by rail till the 1930’s. The area is wooded leading to logging and
coppicing with some secondary industries including furniture and
charcoal making. The High Weald’s brickworks continue to quarry for clay and
sandstone was quarried for building stone and aggregates. In bound
goods traffic would include coal, agricultural, and general traffic.
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