sentences:  Verwood was the nearest station to the large houses of many "important" people, meaning that figures such King Edward VIII, Queen Alexandra, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II used the station.On 1 January 1923 the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway came under the ownership of the Southern Railway, one of the 'Big Four' companies created under the 1921 Railways Act.During World War II, much traffic passed through Verwood as the line was a useful secondary route between the industrial north and midlands and the naval and military establishments in Dorset.