by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jul 2, 2024 | People Of The S&DR
Locomotion No.1’s arrival at the level crossing at Aycliffe Lane was witnessed by many people who turned out to see ‘t’iron hoss’, many of whom assisted with the removal of the locomotive from the dray onto the track. However before it could get going, the...
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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