Information map, The Engine Shed, Students' Union building, UON Riverside campus
Probably ignored by the students were a number of extremely
interesting boards located around the central hub in the Student Union building at UON's Riverside campus. These boards gave a very detailed history of their SU building from its construction in 1872 by the Midland Railway until its reopening in 2018. One of the items on display is this superb reproduction of an Ordnance Survey map of Northampton dated 1938. It reveals the complexity of railway routes in the town that existed then in stark contrast to today's situation. The Midland engine shed in which I am standing is located clearly in the lower right-hand corner as the dark black rectangle at what was called Hardingstone Junction where the Midland spur leading to the now-closed St. John's station splits off from the Peterborough line.