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	Darlington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Darlington with Darlington Rural District.
		Darlington has an attractive historic market area in the town centre and St Cuthbert is one of the most important and impressive Early English churches in the north of England.
		Darlington is famed for its associations with the birth of [railways]].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darlington_UA (523 words)

	Stockton and Darlington Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stockton and Darlington railway (SandDR), which opened in 1825, was the first railway to use steam locomotives and carry passengers.
		The line was 26 miles (40 km) long, and was built between Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington and from Darlington to several collieries near Shildon in north-eastern England.
		Inspired by wealthy local wool merchant Edward Pease, the SandDR was constructed in the early 1820s and was initially meant to be an ordinary horse-drawn wagonway, which were then commonplace in England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway (836 words)

	Stockton
		Altogether Stockton is one of the handsomest and cleanest towns in the north of England.
		The Stockton and Darlington Railway, which forms the first part of this line of communication, has one terminus on the quay, in the very heart of the town, and extends by Yarm and Darlington to Witton Colliery, near Bishop Auckland.
		Stockton is a polling-station for the southern division of the county of Durham.
	www.oldtowns.co.uk /Durham/stockton.htm (1021 words)

	Stockton on Tees History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825 brought about further significant increases in the trade and population of Stockton as lead from the dales could now be quickly brought to the town along with coal from mines in the Bishop Auckland area.
		The railway which brought about such a rapid increase in the development of Stockton was ultimately to bring about the downfall of this port, with the extension of the Stockton and Darlington line to Middlesbrough in 1830.
		Norton, across the Lustrum or Lustring Beck to the north east of Stockton is believed to mean the northern settlement and may have fallen within one of the earliest parts of the North East to be settled by the Anglo-Saxons.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /Stockton.htm (1921 words)

	Maps of Aycliffe, Sedgefield, Darlington and Dinsdale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		1833 - from Port Clarence NZ5021 to Simpasture Junction NZ2624 on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
		It was operated by the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
		It crossed the Stockton and Darlington Railway at the famous S&D crossing in Darlington, finally joining the GNER at Parkgate Junction NZ2915 on the 1829 S&DR Croft Branch.
	www.geocities.com /waggonways/north-20/aycliffe.html (434 words)

	Stockton and Darlington
		The Darlington and Stockton trains were equipped with dandy carts in which the horses were placed when it was going downhill.
		Astonishment was not confined to the human species, for the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air seemed to view with wonder and awe the machine, which now moved onward at a rate of 10 or 12 mph with a weight of not less than 80 tons attached to it.
		The distance from Brussleton to Stockton is twenty and a half miles, the entire length from Witton Park Colliery, nearly 25 miles, being, we believe, the largest railway in the Kingdom.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAstockton.htm (1122 words)

	Stockton & Darlington Railway -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In 1821 George Stephenson, who had built several steam engines to work in the Killingworth colliery, heard of Edward Pease's intention of building an 8-mile (12.9-kilometre) line from Stockton on the coast to Darlington to exploit a rich vein of coal.
		The main population centre, old Darlington town, lies on the River Skerne near its confluence with the Tees.
		The section north of the Tees, including the historic town of Stockton, forms part of the geographic and historic county of Durham.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9069764?tocId=9069764 (860 words)

	The London and North Eastern Railway
		On September 27, 1825, the Stockton and Darlington line, to the extent of twenty-six and three-quarter miles, was ready.
		Soon afterwards the junction of the Darlington branch with the main line was reached, the first eight and a half miles having been covered in sixty-five minutes (excluding stops), at an average speed of eight miles an hour.
		During the latter half of 1829 an extension of the railway from Stockton to an obscure village known as Middlesbrough, situated near the mouth of the River Tees, was proposed.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r046.html (5430 words)

	Stockton & Darlington Railway - 175th anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During the 30-minute break, six wagonloads of coal, which had travelled from Brusselton with passengers sitting on top of them, were distributed to the poor people of Darlington, and a couple of hundred railway workmen were despatched to the town’s pubs for free food and beer.
		Darlington’s population in 1821 was only 5,570, and Middlesbrough, of course, did not exist.
		When it was delivered to the Stockton and Darlington Railway (SandDR) on September 16, 1825, it was known as the locomotive”;.
	www.alternativefilm.co.uk /the_north_east/railway/history/chap13.html (1505 words)

	Stockton & Darlington Railway - 175th anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ever since the Stockton and Darlington Railway had opened on September 27, 1825, it had been creating little branch lines in an effort to make itself financially stable.
		Stockton was not deep enough nor close enough to the sea to operate as a port, and as early as 1827, the Darlington pioneers began planning an extension to the salt marshes of Middlesbrough.
		Leonard Raisbeck of Stockton, the solicitor who first mooted the railway in 1810, and Thomas Meynell of Yarm, chairman of the S&DR, resigned.
	www.alternativefilm.co.uk /the_north_east/railway/history/chap16.html (1213 words)

	The Stockton & Darlington Railway - First Railway Coaches - page 1
		The Committee of the Stockton and Darlington Railway never considered in their early deliberations the concept of earnings from the carrying of passengers.
		From Stockton at half-past 7 in the morning, and will reach Darlington about half-past 9; the Coach will set off from the latter place on its return at 3 in the Afternoon, and reach Stockton about 5.
		Ever since the Stockton and Darlington railway opened in 1825 the north-east of England has been at the heart of the railway system.
	www.railcentre.co.uk /stockton/coach.htm (520 words)

	The Stockton & Darlington Railway - Menu page
		The Stockton and Darlington Railway only existed for a mere 38 years, yet the impact on the world cannot be denied or measured.
		On 13th November, 1818, a general meeting was held at Darlington Town Hall and resolution was proposed to apply for an Act of Parliament to construct a rail or tramroad based upon the plan produced by George Overton.
		And so on 19th April, 1821, with little opposition in Parliament the first Act of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was passed.
	www.railcentre.co.uk /stockton/stocktonmenu.htm (341 words)

	Stockton & Darlington Railway - 175th anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In fact, the Stockton and Darlington Railway (SandDR) found itself in the position of having to compensate the owners of the Coundon mines because they still had to use horsepower to drag their coal to the incomplete railway.
		When the railway opened, there was one horse-drawn coach plying for trade between Darlington and Stockton, and the coach which did the run from Barnard Castle to Stockton via Darlington was off the road due to lack of business.
		This proximity to alcohol was a big problem for the early passenger operators, as was the fact that the Stockton to Darlington line was a single track with only four passing places.
	www.alternativefilm.co.uk /the_north_east/railway/history/chap14.html (1434 words)

	The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was authorised by an Act of Parliament dated ****, to construct the ...
		To enable the scheme to be considered at the next session of Parliament the plans were hurriedly prepared by the Darlington Committee and deposited by the end of the month, even though it had not been decided whether a canal would be dug or a railway would be built.
		The Stockton and Darlington Railway (SandDR) was finally authorised by an Act of Parliament dated 19 April 1821, to construct what would later be promoted as the World’s First Passenger Railway.
		When the train arrived at Darlington, six wagons were detached and the coal distributed to the poor of the town.
	www.staff.ncl.ac.uk /m.h.ellison/nera/may_walk_2000.htm (3384 words)

	Stockton & Darlington Railway - railway history(index)
		"..The adaption of rail-ways to speed was never, we believe, thought of till the opening, in September, 1825, of the celebrated Stockton and Darlington rail-road, a work which will for ever reflect honour on its authors, for the new and striking manner in which it practically demonstrated all the advantages of the invention...
		Today she stands within the walls of her first railway station at Darlington, a proud memorial to the pioneers who revolutionised passenger transport throughout the world.
		But this story is not just about a railway company or a locomotive, but about people, and communities and the way their lives changed with the advent of this wondrous industrial revolution.
	www.railcentre.co.uk (740 words)

	This is Darlington
		This time we are giving you the chance to put your question to Darlington's candidates in the upcoming election.
		HUNDREDS of elderly people in Darlington have had their flu jabs cancelled after a surgery ran out of the vaccine.
		IN 1605 Guy Fawkes was foiled in his attempt blow up the Houses of Parliament - on the day his plot was commemorated Darlington manager David Hodgson was ruing his own lack of firepower.
	www.thisisdarlington.co.uk (209 words)

	Stockton & Darlington
		Stephenson was appointed the chief engineer of the first public railroad built in England.
		The railroad was charted by a group of investors led by Edward Pease to run between the port of Stockton and the inland coal areas.
		the first train ran on the 12 mile Stockton and Darlington on September 27, 1825.
	www.multied.com /railroad/Stocktington.html (107 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Stockton and Darlington Railway
		The proprietors of the above concern hereby give notice, that the mainline of Railway commencing at Wilton park colliery, in the west of this county, and terminating at Stockton-upon-Tees with the several branches to Darlington, Yarm &c.
		An elegant dinner will be provided for the company who may attend, by Mr Foxton in the Town Hall, Stockton, at three o'clock, to which the proprietors have resolved to invite the neighbouring Nobility and Gentry who have taken an interest in this very important undertaking.
		A superior locomotive engine on the most improved construction, will be employed, with a train of convenient carriages, for the conveyance of the proprietors and strangers.
	www.guardian.co.uk /transport/Story/0,2763,632758,00.html (226 words)

	BBC - Tees Features - Stockton and Darlington Railway
		There had been other railways before the tracks were laid down between Stockton and Darlington in the 1820s.
		The plaque reads: Here in 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company booked the first passenger thus marking an epoch in the history of mankind.
		When the Stockton and Darlington line became the first to take passengers and cargo by locomotive engine, all our lives were destined to change.
	www.bbc.co.uk /tees/features/railway/railway.shtml (389 words)

	BBC - History - Stockton to Darlington Railway 1825 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BBC - History - Stockton to Darlington Railway 1825
		Following the work of the British steam pioneers, George Stephenson built the first public steam railway which ran from Stockton to Darlington in 1825.
		This heralded extensive railway building in Britain, providing a fast and economical means of transport and communication.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/timelines/britain/geo_darlington.shtml (124 words)

	The Historian: The Origins of Railway Enterprise: The Stockton... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The foundation of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was laden with problems.
		With the formal opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, collieries throughout the surrounding district gained access to a means of transportation that substantially reduced their costs.
		Throughout this period of rapid growth and despite increasing competition from other companies eager to share in the boom, the Stockton and Darlington Railway continued to subcontract its operations, from maintenance of its locomotives to the winding of clocks.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:15868030&refid=ink_tptd_mag (561 words)

	The "Derwent" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		So Hackworth provided two tenders -- one propelled in front of the engine carrying the coal and the fireman, and the second at the rear, carrying the water tank, or barrel, and the driver.
		A beautiful example of this type of engine has been preserved at Darlington, The Derwent, which was built by Alfred Pitching and Company, in 1833.
		Engines of this type were built down to the year 1846, and some were still in regular service on the Stockton and Darlington line in 1875." [Nock, p.
	www.victorianweb.org /technology/railways/l5.html (192 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 92041856 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Publisher description for The origins of railway enterprise : the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1821-1863 / Maurice W. Kirby.
		The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway to be empowered to convey goods and passengers by steam traction, has been dismissed by historians as fulfilling little more than a precursory role in the inauguration of the 'Railway Age'.
		The experience of the company is of direct relevance to economic historians concerned with the regional basis of Britain's industrialisation.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/cam025/92041856.html (127 words)

	AIM25: Senate House Library, University of London: Stockton and Darlington Railway Company
		Administrative/Biographical history: The Stockton and Darlington Railway was built to carry coal from the collieries of West Durham to the port of Stockton.
		In 1821, Edward Pease and a group of businessmen formed the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company.
		Related material: Further records relating to the Stockton and Darlington railway Company are held at the Public Record Office, London; Durham County Record Office; the National Railway Museum; and Durham University Library.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/14/1340.htm (286 words)

	Old Maps of Darlington and Stockton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To some historians the names Stockton and Darlington are indelibly linked with the early railways.
		From the rural setting of Norton, where the tram terminated beside a village pond, the group moves southward to the busy centre of Stockton - with a population of over 50,000 by 1901 - and the many industries gathered around the Tees where Stockton meets Thornaby.
		For railway historians the main (Bank Top) station is on the Darlington South map, the railway works split between the Darlington and Darlington North maps.
	www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk /darlington.htm (401 words)

	STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY, THE EXPERIMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		E X P E R I M E N T, Which commenced Travelling on MONDAY, the 10th of OCTOBER 1825, will continue to run from Darlington to Stockton, and from Stockton to Darlington, every Day [Sundays excepted], setting off from the DEPOT at each place at the times specified as under, (viz.):-
		From Darlington at half-past 7 in the Morning, and will reach Stockton about half-past 9 ; the Coach will set off from the latter place on its return at 3 in the Afternoon, and reach Darlington about 5.
		RICHARD PICKERSGILL at his Office in Commercial Street, Darlington; and Mr.
	www.resco.co.uk /history_stockton2.html (217 words)

	Stockton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		UK (over the River Skerne, near Darlington), for the Stockton and Darlington Railway, in 1824 (hence he is sometimes referred to as 'the first railway architect').
		He was also responsible for a number of church buildings (including commissions at Durham Cathedral) and historic buildings in Gothic and neo-classical styles, including Durham Castle, Lambton Castle and Burn Hall in County Durham.
		The sixth-seeded Cougars captured their first ECAC title in a decade and finished the season with a 17-11 record, while Richard Stockton was denied a 20-win season at 19-11.
	bonose.com /Stockton-84.html (583 words)

	Maps of Evenwood, Shildon, Gainford and Piercebridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It ran from East Layton Quarry, Forcett Quarry and Forcett Goods Station NZ1610, south of the River Tees.
		Heading northwards, it crossed the Tees near Gainford, to make a junction with the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway at Forcett Junction NZ1816.
		May Walk 2000 - Stockton and Darlington Railway, Brusselton and Etherley Inclines
	www.geocities.com /waggonways/north-20/evenwood.html (197 words)

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