by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jun 11, 2024 | People Of The S&DR
‘R Day dismissed for disorderly conduct’.1 during the works to build the Skerne bridge was recorded in the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company minutes for 17 December 1824. So what do we know of Ralph Day? Indeed, can we be sure he was even called...
by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jun 11, 2024 | Artefacts Of The S&DR
Despite severe weather late in 1823 when railway cuttings collapsed, quarry tracks became quagmires, and workmen were injured, George Stephenson was able to report in December to the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company that the river Gaunless between St. Helen...
by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jun 11, 2024 | People Of The S&DR
Wood Farm occupied a site at Aycliffe, adjacent to the Stockton & Darlington Railway and a little to the north of Heighington Station, with a bridge across the railway to facilitate access to the farm. The original bridge appears to date to 1825 but was replaced...
by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Apr 11, 2024 | News
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by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Mar 27, 2024 | News
In this month’s Tales from the Rails … We’ll focus on just what is so important about the Stockton & Darlington Railway? Why all the fuss? And why is the whole country marking its 200th anniversary in 2025, not just the residents of Stockton and Darlington? As...
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