title: Brooksby railway station
text: # Brooksby railway station
  
  Brooksby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Brooksby, Hoby and Rotherby in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the Brooksby to Hoby road.
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station buildings were larger than most on the line, considering it served a small village. The stationmasters' house was designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood. The contractors T.W.& H. Herbert undertook to build it for £1,921.
  
  It closed in 1961. It remained in use for goods until 1964. The station became grade II listed building in 1979.
  
  ## Stationmasters
  
  * Benjamin Isett ca. 1851
  * Thomas Howitt ca. 1861 - 1863
  * Joseph Clemenstone 1863 - ca. 1865
  * John Ballentine ca. 1871 - 1879
  * Lot Gilby 1879 - 1883
  * John Jameson 1883 - 1900
  * Henry E. Haines 1900 - 1903 (formerly station master at Watnall, afterwards station master at Helpston)
  * Samson Seddon 1903 - 1926 (formerly station master at Syston)
  * J.H. Roberts ca. 1928 (also station master at Rearsby)
  * Luke Randolph Benson ca. 1933 - 1942 (also station master at Rearsby)
  * T.A. Goddard 1942 - 1944 (afterwards station master at Leigh)
  * T.T. Perkins 1944
  * G.W.S. Springs 1944 - ca. 1945
  * L. Cope ca. 1957
  
  | Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
  | - | - | - |
  | Rearsby | Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough | Frisby |
  