Plaque at Hanborough Station

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Plaque at Hanborough Station

Image: © David Hillas Taken: 5 Mar 2016

This photo shows the plaque at Hanborough Station in Main Road, Long Hanborough. It has the following wording: This plaque was unveiled on Friday 24th July 2015 by the Prime Minister, Rt Hon David Cameron MP and marks the 50th Anniversary of the arrival at this station of the funeral train of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. The train arrived here on Saturday January 30th 1965 as its final destination, having departed from London Waterloo station and was pulled by Battle of Britain Class locomotive 34051 named "Winston Churchill". At that time the station board here read "Hanborough for Blenheim". Winston Churchill had been born at Blenheim Palace on November 30th 1874 and his body was laid to rest in the churchyard of St Martin's parish church of Bladon after a state funeral which began at St Paul's in London. He rests by both his parents and is overlooked by Blenheim Palace where he had been born 90 years before. Bladon Churchyard lies approximately 1¼ miles due east of this station. This memorial was erected by the people of West Oxfordshire with the kind permission of First Great Western Railways. For SatNav purposes, the postcode of Hanborough Station is OX29 8LA.

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