Railway Indicator Stone C.3 1/2 Metres East of Skew Bridge
RAILWAY INDICATOR STONE C.3 1/2 METRES EAST OF SKEW BRIDGE, HAGGER LEASES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1338611
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Indicator Stone C.3 1/2 Metres East of Skew Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- RAILWAY INDICATOR STONE C.3 1/2 METRES EAST OF SKEW BRIDGE, HAGGER LEASES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1338611
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Indicator Stone C.3 1/2 Metres East of Skew Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- RAILWAY INDICATOR STONE C.3 1/2 METRES EAST OF SKEW BRIDGE, HAGGER LEASES
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RAILWAY INDICATOR STONE C.3 1/2 METRES EAST OF SKEW BRIDGE, HAGGER LEASES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lynesack and Softley
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 11811 25604
Details
COCKFIELD HAGGER LEASES NZ 12 NW 4/9 Railway indicator stone c.3 1/2 metres east of skew bridge
GV II
Indicator stone. Probably 1830 for Stockton and Darlington railway. Ashlared grit sandstone. Square block about 1/2 metre high with low pointed top. Set diagonally to south side of rail bed. M inscribed on north-east face and C on north-west, probably for Middlesbrough and Copley, the termini of the Hagger Leases branch (1830) and the Middlesbrough branch (1830).
Sources: W.W. Tomlinson History of The North Eastern Railway, 1914, 2nd ed. K. Hoole, Newton Abbott 1967, pp 186-7; Norman Moorsom The Stockton and Darlington Railway (compiled from original sources) Middlesbrough 1975, pp 60 and 68.
Listing NGR: NZ1181125604
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 111374
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Moorsom, N, The Stockton and Darlington Railway, (1975), 60 and 68
Hoole, K, Newton Abbott, (1967), 186-7
Tomlinson, W W, The North Eastern Railway its rise and development, (1914)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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