Etymology

Battersby Junction

Today it means: A hamlet in Ingleby Greenhow parish, near Battersby, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5807). Full definition →

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The story

Named after a railway junction which still exists; the station here is now named Battersby, although through trains have to reverse direction here.

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