Brookwood Railway Station Post Box, Brookwood, Surrey. - Victorian Post Boxes on Waymarking.com

The London and Southampton Railway (L&SR) was authorised on 25 July 1834. It was built and opened in stages, and the second section, that between Woking (then known as Woking Common) and Winchfield, was opened on 24 September 1838; there was only one intermediate station on this section, at Farnborough.

On 4 June 1839, the L&SR was renamed the London and South Western Railway (LSWR).


Funeral trains from London to Woking Cemetery first ran in 1849. The opening of Brookwood Cemetery (and the associated London Necropolis railway station close to London Waterloo) led to an increase in the funeral traffic. A branch line left from the main line station to serve two stations within the cemetery, Brookwood Cemetery North and Brookwood Cemetery South.

In June 1863, the LSWR agreed to provide a station on the main line, to serve both the adjacent cemetery and Brookwood village; this opened on 1 June 1864.

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Tell us about the area the post box is situated.: Platform 1, Brookwood Railway Station. Condition of the box: Good/Average/Poor: Good, despite chipped/dull paintwork. Is this post box still in use?: No, appears to be sealed, and no collection times displayed. Is VR embossed on the post box or is it an "anonymous" box?: VR, Crown, Post Office, and Letter Box Any other embossed lettering, such as manufacturer?: Manufacturer Manufacturer Inscription: Smith & Hawkes, Eagle Foundry Broad St Birmingham (1856-71)

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