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D267 - Pashley Collection: artificial collection - [c1250s]-1960s
- 78 - Papers concerning Tapton House, and its owners Isaac Wilkinson, George Ricketts alias Wilkinson, and George Stephenson, including commemorative printed material - 1827-1961

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D267/78/14
Former Reference	D267/B/107
Title	Photograph album to mark the Stephenson Centenary
Date	1881
Description	Contents: 1. Village of Wylam, about 8miles sount west of Newcastle on Tyne 2. Cottage at Wylam where George Stephenson was born 3. Interior of room in which he was born 4. West Moor Colliery, Killingworth where he worked as Brakesman in 1805 5. House at West Moor, Killingworth, where he lived in 1812 6. Sun dial made by George Stephenson and placed on the front of his house at West Moor 7. Interior of Newburn church in which he was married to Fanny Henderson 8. Direct photograph from the Marriage Register at Newburn Church 9. Tapton House, Chestefield, residence of George Stephenson during the last few years of his life 10. Tapton House, West view 11. Tapton Colliery, near Chesterfield, now disused, sunk and worked by George Stephenson 12. Trinity Church, Chesterfiel, under the chancel of which his remains are laid 13. Interior of Trinity Church, showing memorial window and slap erected to the memory of himself and his wife 14. Photograph of the above slab 15. StephensonMemorial Hall, Chesterfield, from South East. Erected in 1879 at a cost of over £13.000, containing a large public hall for entertainments, and also providing accommodation for the Science and Art Classes, and othe educational societies. 16. Stephenson Monument, erected in front of the Railway Station, Newcastle 17. Puffing Billy, the original Wylam Colliery Locomotive Engine, constructed in 1813 18. The Rocket, constructed by George Stephenson in 1829 19. Midland Passenger Engine 20. American Passenger Engines on South Pacific Railway.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Pashley Collection: artificial collection
Format	Photographic

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