Thomas Richardson was a Quaker who dedicated his life to supporting the education of the working classes across the...
Thomas Richardson 1771-1853
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People Of The S&DR
William Craggs by Peter Giroux
William Craggs was born in the year 1822 in Aycliffe and just prior to the start of the age of the passenger railways;...
Timothy Hackworth
Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850) Timothy was born in Wylam in 1786, five years after his fellow railway pioneer George...
Mary Simpson
The S&DR commissioned a merchandising station in 1826 which was ready for use in 1827. It was located on the line...
Martha Howson
WOMEN are almost invisible in the history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, such was the culture of the time....
Joseph Pease
Joseph Pease (1799-1872) was the third oldest child of Edward and Rachel Pease and started his S&DR career at the...
George Stephenson
George Stephenson (1781-1848) was born in the village of Wylam in Northumberland and brought up in a tiny cottage...
Edward Pease
Edward Pease (1767-1858) Edward Pease was born on the 31st May 1767 to Joseph Pease and Mary Richardson, prominent...
Thomas MacNay
Thomas MacNay was the S&DR’s secretary 1849-69 and company director of South Durham Ironworks on the Blackwell...