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Grangetown Railway Station (England)
Grangetown railway station served the township of Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Grangetown in the Redcar and Cleveland, Borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North East England between 1885 and 1991 as a stop on the Tees Valley line. History The station opened as Eston Grange on 22 November 1885 by the North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom), North Eastern Railway. It was situated about 1 km from the current Grangetown. The station's name was changed to Grangetown on 1 January 1902. Grangetown was one of the stations to have been adversely affected due to the closure of factories, having only a few passengers left. The station was closed to passengers on 25 November 1991.M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 193 References External links Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grangetown, North Yorkshire
Grangetown is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The area is east of Middlesbrough and from south-west of Redcar. A ward covering the area had a population of 5,088 at the 2011 census. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the other centres of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. History The development of Grangetown was the discovery of ironstone in the Eston Hills in 1840, and the further development of the iron and steel industry along the riverbanks by Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan from 1881. The name of the village was taken from a farm nearby called ''Eston Grange'', formerly a working farm for the monks of Guisborough Priory. By 1914, it was community of around 5,500 people with most houses lying between Bolckow Road and the steel works. There was a market square, shopping centre, boarding school, three pubs, six places of worship, a police station and public bathhouse. The Church of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
