Nicholas Postgate was a catholic priest born in Egton in 1596, he is one of the 85 English catholic martyrs.
After being arrested for carrying out a baptism at Little Beck, he was hanged, disembowelled and quartered in York, on 7 August 1679.
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.
The inscriptions are heaving eroded, so its difficult to make out any names or dates.
Swarth Howe Cross is a boundary stone rather than a religious cross, it does stand near Swarth Howe burial mound.
It carries a number of date inscriptions from ‘beating the bounds’
175?
1774
1799
1821
1841
185?
The back is though to carry the inscription “Egton Road”, but its hard to make out.
The Hammer and Hand was once and inn and is dated 1784 on its date-stone.
The initials: E B S are for Emmanuel and Betty Strickland, landlords of the Hammer and Hand.
The panel carries the inscription “By hammer and hand all arts do stand”.
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.
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.
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.
Old photos of the same location can be found on the Picture Stockton Archive
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.
However this is the version in Newport, South Wales and was built 5 years before the one in Middlesbrough in 1906.
The Newport version is a little taller, although Middlesbroughs has a longer span.
Theres also a sign pointing to all the other remaining transporters (222 miles to Middlesbrough)
The Friends of the Eston Hills invite ALL to a ceremonial toast marking the return of Eston Nab to public ownership after 1000 years !
A site tour with Craig Hornby explaining the boundaries and the history, a proclamation of public ownership, a ribbon cutting ceremony with 2 guests of honour and a collective popping of the corks ! And a walk to Pit-Top if anybody fancies it!
Bring picnic, tipple of choice or good ol tea and biscuits! More info here www.estonhills.info
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This vehicle is sat within the SSI / TataSteel site at Lackenby, it looks on the surface to be a Morris Commercial from the Dunkirk evacuations
In reality its a prop from the filming of Atonement at Redcar in 2006
This new artwork appeared along with the new Asda supermarket at Skelton in 2013.
The metal balls represent iron nodules found on the coast.
The cubes represent the salt crystals found at Boulby Potash.
The piece was designed with help from the students of Redcar and Cleveland College and Skelton Primary School.
