The Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Coxhoe’s Clarence Railway had opened at the north of the village in 1833. In direct competition this railway was conceived in an attempt to prevent mineral traffic from west Durham being funnelled to Teesside via the ‘Stockton and Darlington’ and ‘Clarence’ railways—it could connect theContinue reading “Coxhoes Railway History Pt.II”
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Coxhoes Railway History
The Clarence Railway At our January meeting speaker Martin Peagam’s ‘The Railway Men’ presentation included information on some of the key people involved in the development of the ‘Stockton and Darlington Railway’ which celebrates its 200th Anniversary this year – it opened on 27th September 1825 when Stephenson’s Locomotion No 1 hauled the train fromContinue reading “Coxhoes Railway History”
Coxhoe Local History Group 