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Crook of Devon railway station

railway station serving Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire, Scotland, from 1863 to 1964

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 12, 2021
Entity authorityQ104215830 ↗
Source-derived summary

Crook of Devon railway station served the village of Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire, Scotland, from 1863 to 1964 on the Devon Valley Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1863 by the Devon Valley Railway. It was also known as Crook of Devon for Fossoway in the 1904 timetable. It closed on 15 June 1964.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Crook of Devon railway station” as railway station serving Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire, Scotland, from 1863 to 1964. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Crook, Devon and railway.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1863, 1964, 1904—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1863. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Crook, Devon and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Crook of Devon railway station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station serving Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire, Scotland, from 1863 to 1964” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q104215830. Authority coordinates are 56.184, -3.552. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1863, 1964 and 1904.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Crook of Devon railway station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Crook of Devon railway station primary sources, Crook of Devon railway station archive and Crook research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Crook of Devon railway station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Crook of Devon railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.