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BRITISH RAILWAY STATION MISTRESSES
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| 1832-1871 | Mrs Argyle | Merry Lees | Leicester and Swannington Ry | b.1793. Married to platelayer |
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| 1849 | unnamed | Thornley | Hartlepool Ry | ... |
| 1849 | unnamed | Hesleden | Hartlepool Ry | ... |
| 1849 | unnamed | Elrington | NER | ... |
| 1849 | unnamed | Rosemount | Caledonian Ry | ... |
| 1849-1873 | Unnamed | Braystones | Whitehaven &, Furness Ry | ... |
| 1849, 1885, 1889 | Mrs Frances Huxley | Braceborough Spa Halt | GNR Lincs | ... |
| 1856-1885 | Mrs Jane Stubbs | Abbotsford Ferry | NBR | Married to platelayer. |
| 1858 | Mrs Bell | Carham | NER, Kelso branch | In 1861 had a station master. |
| 1851 and 1861 census | Mrs Elizabeth Greener | High Stoop, Wolsingham | NER | b1816. Widow. |
| 1862 | Miss Robinson | Woodgate | LBSCR | ... |
| Census 1861, 1882, 1886 | Mrs Eliza Dover | White Notley | GER (?) | b1825. d 1890. "Station keeper". Widow of ry lab, 5 children under 12. |
| Census 1861, 1864 | Sarah Parker | Calthwaite | Lancaster &, Carlisle Ry | b1831. Widow of railway labourer. |
| 1861, 1872 | Mrs Mary Ann Parsons | Weston nr Spalding | Bourn &, Lynn Joint line | b.1829 |
| 1873-1874 | Mrs Caldwell | Braystones | Whitehaven &, Furness Ry | ... |
| 1874-1907 | Mrs Maria McGill | Braystones | Whitehaven &, Furness Ry | Widow. |
| 1876, 1881 | Mrs Sarah Jones | St Harmon's Halt | Cambrian Ry | b1851. Married to carpenter. |
| 1881, 1891 | Mrs Annie Williamson | Weston nr Spalding | Bourn &, Lynn Joint line | b.1846. Married to a platelayer. 1891 census says 'station mistress and gate keeper'. |
| 1881 &, 1891 census | Mary Batey (Gills) | Elrington | NER | b1844 d1912. |
| 1881 census | Mrs Mary Peverell | High Stoop, Wolsingham | NER | b1822. Widow of platelayer. By 1891 she was a gatekeeper at Tow Law. Name misspelt in census as Pearsell (1881) and Perler (1851). |
| 1881 census | Mrs Frances Calvert | Menthorpe Gate | NER | b1812. d1895. Widow of a porter at Milford who was previously a gatekeeper at Kirk Fenton. |
| 1870-1896 | Mrs Ellen Aitchison | Brinkburn | NBR | b1833. d1896. Married to ry labourer. 7 children (1881). Son Peter took over as S.M. |
| 1885-1931 | Mrs Jane Ann Elder (nee Stubbs) | Abbotsford Ferry | NBR | b1861. Daughter of Jane Stubbs (see above) |
| 1887, 1891 | Mrs Hannah Thornton | Ewesley | ... | In 1881 husband was SM, she 'station clerk'. In 1891 husband a forester, she SM. In 1901 husband is SM, she unoccupied. |
| 1888 (newspaper) | unnamed | Blackwater | Isle of Wight | The Graphic 18 Feb 1888 |
| 1891, 1894, 1897, 1901 | Mrs Mary Ashworth | Papcastle | Maryport &, Carlisle Ry | b1837. Married to platelayer. |
| 1890-1900? | Mrs Elizabeth Thompson | Papcastle | Maryport &, Carlisle Ry | b.1814 |
| 1880s?-1890s? | Elizabeth Davidson | Dovenby | Maryport & Carlisle Ry, Cumbria | Private station for the use of the Dykes family at Dovenby Hall. Closed 1930. |
| 1890s-1926 | Mrs Harriet James | Cwm Prysor | Ffestiniog-Bala Line | ... |
| 1875, 1881, 1891, 1894 | Mary Gaskarth (misspelt Gaisgarth) | Dovenby | Maryport & Carlisle Ry, Cumbria | Private station for the use of the Dykes family at Dovenby Hall. b.1854. Married to platelayer. By 1901 they are running a temperance hotel. |
| 1895 | Mrs Ann Jenkins | Dolwen | Cambrian Ry | ... |
| 1881, 1895 | Mrs Elizabeth Dixon nee Newton | Rampside/Concle Gate | Cumbria | b1823. Married to labourer. Mother in law of Ann Dixon, below. |
| 1898-1945 | Mrs Mary E. O' Donaghue | Craggaknock, Co Clare | Eire | ... |
| 1899-1901 | Mary Ann Bucket | Alverstone | Isle of Wight Central Ry | ... |
| 1900 | Mrs E.J. Bebb | St Harmon's Halt | Cambrian Ry | ... |
| 1900 | Nellie Piggot | Ockley | LBSCR | ... |
| 1900-1908 | Emily Merwood | Whippingham | Isle of Wight Central Ry | ... |
| 1901-1910 | Kate Cooper | Watchingwell | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport | ... |
| 1901-1913 | Mrs Fanny Young | Alverstone | Isle of Wight Central Ry | ... |
| 1906 | unnamed | Rosemount | Caledonian Ry | ... |
| 1907-1928 | Kit McGill | Braystones | Whitehaven &, Furness Ry/LMS | Noted as joining the 1926 General Strike. |
| 1908-1966 | Sarah Jenkyn | Latchley | Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Jn Ry | ... |
| 1909 | Mrs Robinson | Dovenby | Cumbria | ... |
| 1906, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1919 | Mrs Nancy Carty | Linefoot | Cumbria | b1868. AKA Mrs John Carty. |
| 1906, 1910 | Unnamed | Langford | GER | ... |
| 1906, 1910, 1914 | Mrs Margaret Reed nee Robertson | Black Dyke nr Silloth | NBR | b.1847. In 1901 recorded as Black Dyke gatekeeper. In 1891 her father was gatekeeper there. |
| 1911 | Mrs Ann Dixon | Rampside | Cumbria | b1847. Husband a railway labourer. Daughter in law of Elizabeth Dixon, above. |
| 1913-1923 | Mrs Prouten | Watchingwell | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport | ... |
| 1914 | Elizabeth Wylie | Deadwater | NER | ... |
| 1915 | Miss Alice Lidster | Troedyrhiw | GWR/Rhymney Ry | ... |
| First World War | Unnamed | Maida Vale | Bakerloo Line | ... |
| First World War | Unnamed | Beaconsfield Golf Links | GWR/GCR | ... |
| 1917 | Unnamed | Irlams O'Th'Heights | LYR | ... |
| 1917 | Miss Webster | Glasgow Hillhead | Glasgow Subway | ... |
| 1922 (only) | Miss Clowser | Waldron &, Horeham Rd | LBSCR | ... |
| 1920s | Margaret Wylie | Deadwater | LNER | ... |
| 1925-1944 | Elizabeth Henley | Calbourne | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Ry, Isle of Wight | ... |
| 1928 | Margaret Cochrane | Eddleston | LNER | ... |
| 1920s-30s | Unnamed | Lamancha | LNER | ... |
| 1920s-30s | Unnamed | Macbie Hill | LNER | ... |
| 1920s-30s | Unnamed | Beasdale | LNER | ... |
| 1920s-30s | Unnamed | Gordon | LNER | ... |
| 1929 | Unnamed | Dol-y-Gaer | Brecon Mountain Ry | ... |
| 1928 | Mrs Watkins | Maesbrook | Shropshire &, Montgomery Light Ry | A ONE WOMAN JOB! |
| 1928 | Mary Macdonald | Invergloy | Highland Ry | Stn closed 1933. |
| 1920s-1930s | Mrs Scott | Gilmerton, Invergarry, thence Lundin Links (1932) | LNER | ... |
| 1934 | Mrs Brown | Raglan Road Crossing Halt | GWR | ... |
| 1934 | unnamed | Arisaig | NBR | Mentioned in Muir's 'Scotland's Road of Romance'. |
| 1930s | Ethel Cummings | Brinkburn | LNER | ... |
| 1930s | Miss L. Smith | Locheilside | LNER | ... |
| 1930s | Amy Wearmouth | Smardale Halt | LNER | ... |
| 1930s-1939 | Bessie Jones | Tan-y-Blwch | Ffestiniog | Volunteer/honorary |
| 1938-? | Mrs Margaret Potts | Thorneyburn | LNER | ... |
| 1939-? | Mrs Mary Laing | Thornielee | LNER | ... |
| 1940s | Unnamed (poss Margaret Wylie) | Deadwater | LNER | ... |
| 1940s | Bertha Allan | Padbury | LMS | ... |
| 1940s | Mrs Moore | Bishopstone | SR | WOMAN STATION MASTER (issue title is MUM'S THE WORD!) |
| 1940s | Emma Harding | Penda's Way | LNER | ... |
| 1940s | Mrs Gittins | Wortley | LNER | ... |
| 1940-46 | Mrs Phyllis Peel | Brasted | SR | ... |
| 1941-1960s | Dolly Palmer | Althorne, Essex | BR | ... |
| 1953 | Unnamed | Deadwater | BR | ... |
| 1950s | Violet Mace | Berney Arms, Norfolk | BR | ... |
| 1950s-1960s | Mrs Palmer | Knightwick | BR | ... |
| 1950s-1960s | Mrs Ena Walters | Great Linford | BR (ex-LNWR) | ... |
| undated | Florence Radford | Worle | Weston, Clevedon &, Portishead Ry, GWR | ... |
| undated | unnamed | Roslin | NBR | ... |
| undated | unnamed | Llwydcoed | GWR | ... |
| undated | Mrs Birchall | Bickershaw &, Abram | BR (Midland) | Stn closed 1964 |