The children of Chop Gate School interviewed village residents about village life during the last 60 years. The information was made into 6 mosaics (although I only spotted 5)
Chop Gate Village Hall Mosaics
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Show on map Show on map Albert Park Tree Plaques, Middlesbrough
Show on map There are a large variety of plaques in the park associated with trees planted for major events. I’m sure i’ve missed some.
Mayor Charles Willman Esq
Jubilee of Middlesbrough
6th October 1881
There should be another planted by Lord Frederick Cavendish according to records from the day.
Mayoress of Middlesbrough
Councillor Mrs H. M. Levick M.D.
Centerary of Middlesbrough
7th July 1931
Chairman of Parks Committee
Councillor Emanuel Spence J.P.
Centerary of Middlesbrough
10th July 1931
Captain H.C.R. Bolckow
Centerary of Middlesbrough
7th October 1931
Mayoress of Middlesbrough
Mrs Thomas K Briggs
Royal Silver Jubilee King George V and Queen Mary
6th May 1935
Mayoress of Middlesbrough
Mrs Geo Carter
Corononation King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
12th May 1937
Kurdistan Tree, Albert Park
Show on map Two tree were planted and a memorial unveiled on September 12, 2013. The idea came from local Kurdish exile Ahmed Jaff.
The Halabja chemical attack on March 16, 1988 is to date the largest chemical weapons attack directed against a civilian area.
Park Methodist Church ,Middlesbrough
Show on map Park Methodist Church was design by W.J. Morley & Son of Bradford.
It was built in 1904, I don’t know the exact date it stopped being used as a church, but I recall it being converted into a pub in the 1990s.
It is now apartments.
1813 Clock, Castleton
Show on map This clock face dated 1813 is attached to a house in Castleton, its a bit of a mystery.
The only reference to 1813 I can find in association with the village is that a methodist chapel was built in that year. That was in turn replaced in 1871, so perhaps this is the orginal chapel or the clock face was just removed from it ?
Robin Hood and Little John Inn Sign, Castleton
Show on map The sign for the Robin Hood and Little John Inn is now virtually lost.
The building itself can be dated to 1671 and local folklore states that Robin Hood and Little John met here for the last time. The sign was still freshly painted in this1955 Francs Frith photo..
There are many local references to the famous outlaws such as ‘Robin Hoods Bay’ and the ‘Robin Hood’s Close and Little John’s Close‘ marker stones near Whitby
Head, Ashby & Co Bridge, Danby
Show on map The railway between Castleton and Grosmont was opened on 2 October 1865 and this bridge is between those stations.
The date fits perfectly because “Head, Ashby and Co.” only existed from 1860 to 1867, after that they were called “Head Wrightson and Co Ltd”
Quaker Burial Ground, Lealholm
Show on map This worn roadside inscription reads :-
“This enclosure was formerly used as a burial ground by The Society of Friends”
The single stone inside read ‘TW DECEM 18 1725’, a memorial to Thomas Watson of Horse House Farm who donated the land.
Robinson Institute, Glaisdale
Show on map Information from the Robinson Institute Website :-
Thomas Alexander Robinson (1830 – 1912) Originally from Houghton le Spring, Co. Durham, Thomas Robinson was the son of a blacksmith. He worked as a clerk to a coalmine company owner, a role which took him to Europe where he saw an opportunity to import cheap fresh eggs to England to feed the growing masses in the industrial towns of the 1860s. Later he set up a shipping company in West Hartlepool, which moved to the deeper port of Hull around 1901 and was known as Thomas Robinson & Sons Co. Ltd.
The plaque reads :-
The Robinson Institute, Presented to the people of Glaisdale by the late Thos. Robinson Esq J.P. (The Gables) To Commemorate the Coronation of King George V. 1911
Quaker Burial Ground, High Castleton
Show on map A small wooden gate at the roadside leads to an old Quaker cemetery.
The area is fairly large, but perhaps only a third currently has any head stones, property was owned in the area as early as 1658 although the ‘Castleton Meeting’ formed in 1719 and ran until 1924.
Although generally omitted from modern maps, ‘Friends Burial Grounds’ always used to be marked as this 1913 example shows.
