Chard Junction

proper noun

A mainly industrial locality around a level crossing in Tatworth and Forton parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the boundary with Dorset (OS grid ref ST3404).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A mainly industrial locality around a level crossing in Tatworth and Forton parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the boundary with Dorset (OS grid ref ST3404).

Origin

Previously a railway junction and station where a branch to the town of Chard joined the main line. It was marked on a 1946 OS map (full revision 1930) as "Chard Road", the original name of the station, which was changed much earlier. It appeared as "Chard Junction" on a 1970 OS map (fully revised 1968), by which time the junction and station had closed.

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APA

Chard Junction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chard%20Junction

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“Chard Junction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chard%20Junction. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chard Junction,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chard%20Junction.

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