Monmouth Troy archive photos
Photographs from 1910 to 1959


An impressive line up of station staff at Monmouth Troy station c.1900. Note the old fashioned wooden signal to right and the short tunnel in the distance.
(Pic: Monmouth Museum)


The funeral train of C.S.Rolls pulls into Monmouth Troy, 1910. The son of a wealthy British peer, Rolls joined forces with his friend F. H. Royce in 1904 to form the world famous Rolls Royce engineering company.

Rolls met his end in July 1910 when his French-built Wright biplane broke up in mid-air. Although he was only 20 ft up in the air, he broke his skull in the fall and became Britain's first aircraft fatality.
(Pic: Monmouth Museum)


The funeral cortege preparing to leave the Monmouth Troy station area.
(Pic: Monmouth Museum)




A 1922 view of Monmouth Troy looking east. The Wye Valley branch approaches from the right, with the Ross on Wye to Hereford line curving off to the left.
(Pic: R S Carpenter)


Looking down from the footbridge, 29th July 1932. The view is pure Great Western country junction: stone buildings, corrugated iron shed, gas lamps, cast iron lettered nameboard, platform trolley and lower quadrant semaphore signals.
(Pic: L & GRP)


Looking east over Monmouth Troy station in this view taken from above the tunnel entrance.
(Pic: E Wilmhurst)






» 1920 Ordnance Survey 25" Monmouth Troy station plan - click for larger version


» Monmouth Troy detailed signalling station plan - click for larger version