Transport
See also Stowupland’s garage and engineering, road traffic incidents, and the River Gipping.
1885 (Whites) Robert Baker was the coachman
27/11/1847, John Moss (age 43) a labourer was accidentally crushed by a steam carriage (Stowmarket LHG archive, data collated by Steve Williams).
Railway
The railway came to Stowupland in the 1840s although the station was always called Stowmarket Station. Then in 1939 following boundary changes the station was sited in Stowmarket. The line has had various names e.g. the Eastern Union Railway and by 1904 it was known as the Ipswich and Bury Railway.
Ena Carter noted from H.E. Wilkes ms Vol 1, ‘the railway was opened 1846 (14th Sept, Eastern Union Railway) and the timetable for 5th Sep 1850 was given as;
Up – trains;- 9:15, 12:55, 2:45, 6:30, 9:30. Sunday 8:50, 10:10.
Down trains;- 8:45, 12:25, 2:30, 6:25, 9:50. Sunday 8:10, 9:50.
Whites 1855 – Thomas Will. Bloomfield is Vict. at The Railway Hotel. Geo Crawley is the station master.
22/05/1858, William Sparrow (age39), was working as a railway porter was run over by a railway train. (Stowmarket LHG archive, data collated by Steve Williams)
17/03/1864, James Reeder (age 24)working as a guard on the Great eastern Railway died having been accidentally crushed between some trucks and a break ( Stowmarket LHG archive, data collated by Steve Williams)
The 1903 Godfrey Edition of the Ordnance Survey Map of Stowmarket carried a short description of the problems encountered in laying the track to the SE of Stowmarket. {SLHG/maps}
