#corfe castle

Corfe Castle, England (by David Nicholls)

Corfe Castle, England 1930s

West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset.

Locomotive 80104 @ Corfe by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: 80104 was built at Brighton in March 1955 at a cost of £18,206. It was based on the Eastern Region working on the London, Tilbury and Southend Line (LT&S) working commuter services out of London until that route was electrified in 1962. In July 1962 it came under Western Region ownership when it moved to into storage at Old Oak Common depot and subsequently at Croes Newydd and later on to Machynlleth. Whilst at Machynlleth it passed to London Midland Region ownership when a number of depots were transferred to the London Midland Region in September 1963..BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT No. 80104 BR Standard Class 4 80104 was bought by the Southern Steam Trust and displayed in the headshunt at Swanage in September 1984 after a cosmetic restoration, and stayed there for a number of years.

Corfe Castle Village, Dorset.

📸 by @Matt_Pinner

Which, unless a dedicated medievalist corrects me, appears to have been confirmed by modern research as well. Hm! Should we tell National Trust?