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In the book "L&B Journey Barnstaple to Lynton and back", there is a picture from a 25in to the mile map of Barnstaple published by the Ordnance Survey in 1932 showing what looks like a railway track running by Rolle Quay on the other side of the River Yeo to the L&B track.

There are L&B track diagrams between Pilton Road and Braunton Road showing original (1913 OS) and revised layouts (1932 OS) in the book "The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, Measured & Drawn" but these don't include Rolle Quay.

There is also an L&B modelling group which might be able to help. Lynton-and-Barnstaple-Modelling@groups.io

Lots of pictures if you search.

https://ehive.com/collections/4559/obje ... barnstaple

http://www.vimp.thepiltonstory.org/pict ... 9125fcb45e

Michael

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Southern188 wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 11:56 am In the book "L&B Journey Barnstaple to Lynton and back", there is a picture from a 25in to the mile map of Barnstaple published by the Ordnance Survey in 1932 showing what looks like a railway track running by Rolle Quay on the other side of the River Yeo to the L&B track.

My other hobby is Family History and there is an extremeley useful site of the National Library of Scotland. They have a huge map collection of the entire UK going back to the earliest maps.
However, of relevance here is their "Georeference" facility which overlays the old maps interactively on current ones. It is possible to select both the old and modern maps to pinpoint whatever you are searching for, and the early OS maps are extremely detailed - I recently pinpointed the exact house occupied by a distant cousin who was the mechanical engineer in 1911 in the Nantle Quarries in N. Wales.
As far as Rolle Quay is concerned try this link:
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14 ... yers=1&b=1
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15 ... rs=168&b=1
You adjust the overlay transparency with the slider at bottom left and you'll have to experiment with the other controls.

Oh, BTW, I forgot to mention, it's all completely FREE!!!

Thanks Philip. That means for completion I can attach an image from their website which is the same as in the book. From their website, for copyright, I have to include the following link.
https://maps.nls.uk/index.html

Hi All,

Being a 'proper' railway, the L&B provided trap points at the exit from non running lines. These were generally single bladed trap points so what appears to be shown as a 'full-on' turnout (to nowhere?) at the exit from the Rolle's Quay siding is very intriguing. I dare say we'll never know it's purpose.

Andrew