Stanley Thomas Meads ( born 12 July 1938 in Arapuni, New Zealand ) was a noted rugby union All Black footballer and brother of Colin Meads, considered by some to be one of the greatest rugby footballers of all time.

The whole railway including Temple Meads was the first one designed by the British engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

The name of the station, Temple Meads, derives from the nearby Temple Church, which was built by the Knights Templar in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 14th century, and gutted by bombing during World War II.

The third railway at Temple Meads was the Bristol and Gloucester Railway which opened on 8 July 1844 but was taken over by the Midland Railway ( MR ) on 1 July 1845.

The mixed gauge was then laid through Box Tunnel on 16 May 1875 and so standard gauge trains could run from Bristol all the way to London, although the broad gauge was retained west of Temple Meads and through trains from London to Penzance and other stations in Devon and Cornwall continued to be formed of broad gauge trains.

The goods depot was rebuilt with the inconvenient wagon hoists replaced by a steep incline connection from the east end of Temple Meads, which meant that the sidings in the goods shed were turned at right angles to their original alignment and the barge dock was filled in.

The new Bristol Temple Meads East box was the largest on the GWR with 368 miniature levers operated by three signalmen assisted by a " booking boy ".

There were several reasons for positioning a new station at Stoke Gifford: trains to London were quicker than on the longer route from Temple Meads, via Bath and Chippenham before reaching Swindon ; a larger car park than at Temple Meads could be provided ; the population on the northern fringes of the city was growing, especially with the building of a new town at Bradley Stoke ; and it was within easy access of the M4 and M5 motorways.

That same year the Bristol and Gloucester was bought by the Midland Railway and it was converted to standard gauge in 1854, which brought mixed-gauge track to Temple Meads station – this had three rails to allow trains to run on either broad or standard gauge.

A post office was established on March 16, 1882, with Carl F. Meads as the first postmaster.

The village was first known as Meadstown, after Benedict Meads, owner of the tavern and the store.

This time consuming process was frequently seen at large GWR stations such as Bristol Temple Meads.

Colin Earl Meads was born to Vere Meads and Ida Meads ( née Gray ) on 3 June 1936, in the village of Cambridge in the Waikato region.

His father Vere was a descendant of early settlers Joseph Meads and Ann Meads ( née Coates ), who emigrated to New Zealand from England in 1842.

Vere ’ s grandfather Zachariah Meads was among the first British children to be born in Te Aro, Wellington, in 1843, and his grandmother Elizabeth Meads ( née Lazare ) was the daughter of an Irish minister who had educated freed slaves on the island of Mauritius before emigrating to Wanganui.

One of Meads ' sons, Glynn ' Pinecone ' Meads also played rugby for King Country.

The game was also moved from the top of St Catherine's Hill to where it is played now, on Meads, as well as in Palmer Swamp.

The service to Bristol Temple Meads is now also in the hands of Class 159s.

Seven Kings Park is a large open space containing sports facilities such as tennis courts, a sports ground, and a bandstand ; there is also Westwood Park, a smaller open space and playground in Meads Lane.

It also suffered from the destruction of its heat exchanger in a fire at Temple Meads when combustion deposits in the exhaust side of the heat exchanger ignited.

Didcot is a major junction, where the former Great Western Railway line to, Birmingham and points north leaves the Great Western Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads via, and also to Swansea via and.

First Great Western also operates local services on the Bristol ( Temple Meads / Parkway ),,, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa route, most extending north to Ashchurch / Worcester ( and some beyond there to Great Malvern ).

One of the councillors also represents the Meads division on East Sussex County Council.

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CrossCountry services between Edinburgh / Newcastle and Birmingham New Street and beyond ( to and and to Bristol Temple Meads, and ) also call here twice each hour, along with hourly First TransPennine Express trains between Newcastle and Manchester Airport via, and.

There are also long-distance services to Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads.

The station is on the Reading to Taunton line some south west of London Paddington and also on the Bristol to Weymouth line some south of Bristol Temple Meads.

Indeed, push-pull sets were a possibility over the entire range of Southern Region services including inter-regional trains ; they were not in-frequent visitors to Bristol Temple Meads station and have been noted at Cardiff.

Chipstead Rugby CLub play locally at The Meads, Chipstead, offering mini, youth, adult social and adult league rugby.

Sir Colin Earl Meads, KNZM, MBE ( born 3 June 1936 ), is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer.

After retiring as a player in 1973, Meads became chairman of the King Country union, and spent time selecting and coaching the now-defunct North Island rugby team.

Although retired from rugby for many years, Meads is still a familiar face to many New Zealanders.

Meads is regarded by many as New Zealand's greatest ever rugby player, and was named Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards dinner in 1999.

The option has been taken up by 72 of those affected, including rugby great Colin Meads.

In 1999 the New Zealand Rugby Monthly magazine named Meads the New Zealand player of the century.

Round Two in both the Meads and Lochore Cups is an abbreviated round-robin tournament, with each team playing only the teams it did not play in Round One.

Australia was playing the New Zealand All Blacks and while Catchpole was trapped on the bottom of a ruck New Zealander second rower, Colin Meads, tried to drag him out by one leg, splitting him like a wishbone.

* June 30 – Great Western Railway of England completed throughout between London and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, including Box Tunnel.

At about 5. 30 pm on Friday 16 August 1940, the first German aircraft to be brought down within what was then the County Borough of Eastbourne crashed in Meads.

All the routes approaching Temple Meads were widened to four tracks to allow more flexibility.

Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame ; Sir Fred Allen, Don Clarke, Sean Fitzpatrick, Grant Fox, Dave Gallaher, Michael Jones, Ian Kirkpatrick, Sir John Kirwan, Sir Brian Lochore, Jonah Lomu, Sir Colin Meads, Graham Mourie, George Nepia and Wilson Whineray.

These include sportspeople such as Dame Susan Devoy, Mark Todd, Sir Richard Hadlee and numerous All Blacks including Sir Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick.

All of services are provided by CrossCountry, with trains between Cardiff Central, Birmingham, and Nottingham, as well as longer-distance services to destinations such as Bristol Temple Meads, Leeds and Newcastle.

From 1957 until 1971 Meads was effectively an automatic All Black selection.

The All Blacks website states ' As a sporting legend Meads is New Zealand's equivalent of Australia's Sir Donald Bradman or the United States of America's Babe Ruth.

In 1989 he was approached by former All Black Colin Meads to try out for the King Country side in New Zealand.

He has been voted by Rugby World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick.

In recent years however it has experienced a surge in passenger numbers, with a 90 % increase in the years 2007-11. All services along the line are operated by First Great Western, mainly one train in each direction between and Temple Meads every 40 minutes, calling at all stations, with one train every two hours extended to Severn Beach.

* Bishop ’ s Stortford All Saints, Bishop ’ s Stortford Central, Bishop ’ s Stortford Meads, Bishop ’ s Stortford Silverleys, Bishop ’ s Stortford South, Great Amwell, Hertford Bengeo, Hertford Castle, Hertford Heath, Hertford Kingsmead, Hertford Sele, Hunsdon, Much Hadham, Sawbridgeworth, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware Chadwell, Ware Christchurch, Ware St Mary ’ s, and Ware Trinity.

Legendary All Black lock, Colin Meads, in fact described Schmidt as the world's best hooker.