The Lost Tramway Of Hamstead | Disused Railways Of The Wight

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The Lost Tramway Of Hamstead | Disused Railways Of The Wight

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In this episode, I go on the hunt for John Nash's long lost tramway, the first railway on the island and one that has almost completely been lost to time.
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Music:
Vectronia- used with permission from artist:
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All other music is written and recorded by WightWanderer for the series in question. copyright: Jack Singleton Music
Images:
Tramway 1: Unknown Author - Public Domain Image - Wiki.
Tramway 2: Wiki Images - Geoff Charles - CC 1.0 Universal Public Domain
John Nash Statue: Cr - D. Castor - Public Domain
John Nash Portrait 1: Cr: English Heritage
John Nash Portrait 2: Unknown Author - Public Domain.
Marble Arch: Cr - Wei Te Wong - CC BY-SA 2.0
Haymarket Theatre: ReptOn1x - CC BY-SA 3.0
Map Used:
Original Tramway map - RCHS - source: Doc by T P Cooper - Hamstead Estate farm improvement book c.1833 - T.Davis/J.Nash
OS maps used: source: National Library Of Scotland Website.
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@jennyturner6399 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. 💙🧶🌈🍓

@WightWanderer 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jenny 🙂

@tomwoolgar4575 Ай бұрын

Fascinating video as always from you Jack.

@WightWanderer Ай бұрын

@@tomwoolgar4575 thank you, very kind of you to say 😊

@JohnDavies-cn3ro 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating bit of research; I know Newtown Creek, and the Hampstead trail, but the tramway is new to me. My guess is that, at that early a date, it could possibly have had stone sleeper blocks, which could then be reused as building material. That piece of rail you found looks pretty light, compared to standard gauge track, suggesting it came from a tramway or industrial line of some sort - but not, perhaps, the Hamstead line. We're unlikely to ever know, now.

@WightWanderer 2 ай бұрын

Thank you John! And thanks for the suggestion 🙂👍

@andrewrawlance6651 Ай бұрын

Nice video Sir, I had a holiday on the Isle of Wight many years ago when the trains went through to Ventnor. Very informative many thanks. Regards. Andrew.

@WightWanderer Ай бұрын

Thank you Andrew. Sounds like a great memory, I could only wish to be able to remember such a time. All the best 🙂👍

@orsonbear9627 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating Jack; I have walked Hamstead several times and never heard of a Tramway

@WightWanderer 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It is certainly a beautiful place to walk 😊

@gthbtn 2 ай бұрын

Great video and such glorious weather to be out and filming. I'm wondering if the tracks and footpaths you were walking on were in fact the route used for the tramways? The area wasn't busy enough to need separate tramways so just upgrading and laying tracks on what was there already would make more sense and save a fortune on seperate trackbed construction. I also wonder how much railway/tramway there was at Shide Chalkpit as I remember seeing tracks there when we went there as kids - over 40 years ago now...

@WightWanderer 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for your comment. Yes I believe the tramway did follow where the lane now exists to some degree on the southern loop, though the Hamstead historical farm records state Hamstead drive was built before the tramway to allow access to the estate, so the tramway must have run along side it. Shide chalkpit is an interesting one, I'm not sure if any rails are left still but I do know the track used to run through a tunnel and joined the Sandown to Newport line just north of Shide Station. We have an episode on the line on our channel if you are interested 🙂 all the best 👍

@gthbtn 2 ай бұрын

@@WightWanderer I remember seeing your video mentioning Shide but this one got me thinking if there were non-railway lines there... also, the lost brickworks on the Cowes-Newport line you mentioned were close to railway lines so I wonder if they had tramways too?

@WightWanderer 2 ай бұрын

@@gthbtn Perhaps, though I think the lines at Shide pit all linked to the sidings at Shide station and were Standard gauge, the trucks being propelled by gravity down through the tunnel to the sidings, may be wrong though. I know there was a tramway at the cement mills on the Cowes line which used to run under the railway to a clay pit the other side. Unfortunately getting access to that area would be difficult now as there's a big energy factory thing in the way. All the best 🙂👍

@JohnDavies-cn3ro 2 ай бұрын

@@gthbtn From old photographs I've seen the rails did go into the Shide pit; they had a couple of early Ruston steam navvies as well, which may have been railroad shovels. Equally, they could have had crawler tracks, but many early navvies were railway mounted. I've walked the tunnel, and explored the pit, but there are no rails left thenre now.