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GAZETTEER

Technical Notes
To access the online gazetteer, please click on the link below. This is a secure area and there will be a slight delay while each page is loaded on screen. This should take about 5 seconds, or perhaps a little longer depending on the speed of your PC. Please note that a 'cookie' will be created on your computer to store the password you enter, but this will be deleted when you end your session. Your browser must support Javascript. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox give the best results; other browsers have not been tested.

Click here for the gazetteer login page.

This section of the website is for members only and contains an online and fully up-to-date version of Vinter's Gazetteer, which lists railway paths of two miles' length or more throughout the British Isles. You will need a username and password to access this area; these are circulated to club members via the quarterly magazine, Railway Ramblings. To assist members, the login page displays the magazine and page number where these details were last published. (If you would like to join the club, click here for membership details.)

The gazetteer is now finished except for final checking with local authorities. This is the current situation:

  • Introduction: Complete.
  • England: Complete and updated to 2010.
  • Ireland: Complete and updated to 2010.
  • Scotland: Complete and updated to 2010.
  • Wales: Complete and updated to 2010.
  • Illustrations: Complete.

The stages of the project were as follows:

  • Get the basic information in place as at April 2000, when Vinter's Gazetteer was lasted published in printed form (complete).
  • Update it with details of new and extended routes published on this website (complete).
  • Ensure that all entries include six figure grid references (complete) although, in a few cases, it was not possible to do this. An example is the Mineral Tramways Project in Cornwall, whose published maps do not distinguish clearly between what is based on old tramways, and what is new path construction. The only way to obtain this information is to make a personal visit.
  • Check all entries with the relevant local authorities (in progress). This will be the most time-consuming activity and will be tackled in a piecemeal fashion as time permits. While this is the most effective way of ensuring that nothing has been missed, some local authorities reply while others do not. For this reason, this final stage of the project has a low priority.

The Introduction to the gazetteer provides a more detailed account of the project.