The halt was located where the line passed under the A3079, at a hamlet now known as Thorndon Cross, four miles west of Okehampton.

Earlier name boards carried the full name of Maddaford Moor Halt for Thorndon Cross.

[4] The LSWR's branch line from Okehampton to Bude took nineteen years and four acts of Parliament.

This did not deter the residents of Stratton and Bude who, in 1894, successfully lobbied the LSWR to promote a second bill.

[5] The line here was single tracked without any sidings, however a signal box with a passing loop had been located here from 1899 to 1921.