Monthly Archives: April 2014

Another Guidestone, Glaisdale Head

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Immediately adjacent to the previous post, this one is a little more eroded.
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head
A Whitby Road side again.
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head
And it looks like another Peckrin (Pickering)
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head
“TH” has also inscribed this one with what looks like a number 73
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head
Ironopolis suggests this is Thomas Harewood of Glaisdale, who inscribed many stones in the area. Some of these are dated in the 1730s, so I suspect this originally carried a date from that decade and the last number has worn away (possibly 1733 if you squint)

Guidestone, Glaisdale Head

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This guidestone is set back from the current road and is no longer marked on any Ordnance Survey maps.
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head
One face carries the inscription “Whitby Road”
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head
Another what I read as “Peckrin Road” so most likely a variant spelling of Pickering.
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head
The initials “TH” are also found on on side.
Guidestones, Glaisdale Head

Nicholas Postgate Memorial, Egton Bridge

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Nicholas Postgate was a catholic priest born in Egton in 1596, he is one of the 85 English catholic martyrs.
Nicholas Postgate, Egton Bridge
After being arrested for carrying out a baptism at Little Beck, he was hanged, disembowelled and quartered in York, on 7 August 1679.

Lady Cross, near Egton

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For most people on the way to Whitby, Lady Cross is a signpost for a caravan park, but there is a small wayside cross at the road junction.
Lady Cross, nr Egton
The inscriptions are heaving eroded, so its difficult to make out any names or dates.
Lady Cross, nr Egton

Swarth Howe Cross

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Swarth Howe Cross is a boundary stone rather than a religious cross, it does stand near Swarth Howe burial mound.
Swarth Howe Cross, nr Aislaby
It carries a number of date inscriptions from ‘beating the bounds’
175?
1774
1799
1821
1841
185?
Swarth Howe Cross, nr Aislaby
The back is though to carry the inscription “Egton Road”, but its hard to make out.

Hammer and Hand, Hutton-le-Hole

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The Hammer and Hand was once and inn and is dated 1784 on its date-stone.
Hammer and Hand. Hutton-le-Hole
The initials: E B S are for Emmanuel and Betty Strickland, landlords of the Hammer and Hand.
Hammer and Hand. Hutton-le-Hole
The panel carries the inscription “By hammer and hand all arts do stand”.

Newton Cap Viaduct, Bishop Auckland

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Newton Cap Viaduct now carries the main A689 and is not visible from the road or its approaches. There are 11 arches of 60 feet in span, giving a length of 276 yards. Rising 105 feet above the river bed.
Newton Cap Viaduct
Construction started in 1854 with the first freight crossing in 1856.
The line closed in 1968 and became a footpath until the road was diverted onto the viaduct as recently as 1993-95. The Bondgate tunnel also lies buried at the Bishop Auckland end, blocked in 1977.

Stockton Co-operative Branch No.8 – Norton

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The sign for No.8 branch of the Stockton Co-operative became visible again during recent work. Thanks to Wayne Martin for getting me the shots.
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Old photos of the same location can be found on the Picture Stockton Archive

Transporter Bridge at Newport

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When you’re near a large steel works and see a Transporter Bridge near Newport, you can be easily fooled into thinking you’re on Teesside.
Newport Transporter Bridge
However this is the version in Newport, South Wales and was built 5 years before the one in Middlesbrough in 1906.
Newport Transporter Bridge
The Newport version is a little taller, although Middlesbroughs has a longer span.
Newport Transporter Bridge
Theres also a sign pointing to all the other remaining transporters (222 miles to Middlesbrough)
Newport Transporter Bridge