It was close to the stately home of Stanford Hall nearby in Leicestershire.

[2] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway.

The section from Rugby to Market Harborough, which included Yelvertoft, opened in 1850.

[3] At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

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