| Stockton & Darlington Railway (S & D) People & Hackworth’s Works, Shildon |
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| SNAME |
FORENAME |
STATUS |
PLACE |
EXTRA NOTES |
| ALDERSON |
George |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| APPLETON |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| ATLEY |
Richard |
secretary |
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S & D 1825 |
| BACKHOUSE |
Jonathan |
treasurer/ banker |
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S & D 1821. Quaker |
| BAKER |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BARRASS |
John |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BELL |
William |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BENNISON |
Peter |
worker |
|
S & D starting at age of 10 |
| BERNARD |
Sam |
secretary |
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S & D 1825 |
| BIRBECK |
Henry |
Mr |
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| BLACKETT |
Lancelot |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BLACKETT |
L |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BLACKLOCK |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BLENKINSOP |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BLENKINSOP |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BOURNE |
John |
engineer |
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designed Yarm viaduct. 1848 Leeds Northern Railway – extention from Yarm to Stockton then Hartlepool |
| BRADBY |
John |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BRADLEY |
George |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BRAITHWAITE |
Christopher |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BROWN |
Wm |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| BURDON |
John |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CAIRNS |
Jeremiah |
steward |
Yarm Manor |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CHAYTOR |
William, Sir |
chairman |
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S & D 1819 |
| CHICKEN |
William |
driver |
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S & D |
| CLARKE |
Robert |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CLEASBY |
James |
driver |
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S & D killed in an accident Nov 1834 |
| CLEPHAN |
Edwin |
Mr |
Leicester 1902 |
formerly of Stockton 1825 |
| CORNER |
Edward |
fireman/driver |
S & D. Injured through locomotive boiler explosion 1828. Driver to 1841 then shed foreman on Gt North of England railway & later S Eastern |
| CORNFORTH |
Charles |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CORNFORTH |
Robert |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CORNFORTH |
William |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| COULSON |
William |
driver |
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S & D 1832 |
| COULTON |
Christopher |
station master |
Yarm |
1848 |
| COWEL |
George |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CRAGGS |
William |
driver |
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S & D 1835. Died Nov 1895 |
| CREE |
John |
driver |
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S & D |
| CRISP |
George |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CUMMING |
Benjamin |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| CUMMINGS |
John |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DAVIES |
David |
engineer |
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S & D 1820 |
| DEUXILL |
G |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DEUXILL |
W R |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DIXON |
John |
assistant surveyor |
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S & D 1822 |
| DOBSON |
Thomas |
foreman smith |
Shildon Soho Works |
1827 |
| DODD |
Thomas |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DOUGHTY |
Henry |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DOUGHTY |
Wm Crossley |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DOUTHWAITE |
William |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DUNNING |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DUNNING |
Joseph |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| DUXILL |
Edward |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| EDDY |
John I |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| FAWELL |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| FIDLER |
William |
agent |
Yarm |
coal depot |
| FISHER |
John |
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Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| FLOUNDERS |
Benjamin |
timber merchant |
Yarm |
1810. Quaker |
| FORTUNE |
George |
leader of coals |
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1829 |
| FOWLER |
John jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GARNER |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GIBSON |
David |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GIBSON |
Francis |
Mr |
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GIBSON |
George |
leader of coals |
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1829 |
| GILKES |
E |
secretary |
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S & D 1825 |
| GILLESPIE |
John |
fireman |
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S & D. Died 19 Mar 1828 through injuries from locomotive boiler explosion |
| GOWLAND |
William |
driver |
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S & D locomotion ‘Black Diamond’ designed by R Stephenson |
| GOWLAND |
Jim |
driver |
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S & D |
| GRAHAM |
John |
traffic manager |
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S & D 1831-1849 |
| GRAINGER |
Thomas |
engineer |
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designed Yarm viaduct. 1848 Leeds Northern Railway – extention from Yarm to Stockton then Hartlepool |
| GRAVES |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GRAVES |
Henry |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GREATHEAD |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GREEN |
George |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| GREENER |
Thomas |
engineman |
Etherley |
brother of John |
| GREENER |
John |
engineman |
Etherley |
1826. Brother of Thomas |
| HACKWORTH |
Timothy |
engineer |
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S & D 1825. Locomotive ‘Royal George’ 1827. Md Jane GOLIGHTLY at Ovington church 1813 aged 27. Died at Shildon 7 Jul 1850 |
| HACKWORTH |
John Wensley |
works manager |
Shildon Soho Works |
born Walbottle 8 May 1820 son of Timothy. Designed ‘Victory’ 1829 & ‘Globe’ 1830 – 1st used Middlesbrough line. On father’ death moved to Darlington Priestgate until 1871. Went to America 1872 & returned to Darlington 1875, then Sunderland & eventually London. Died 13 Jul 1891 Sunderland |
| HALL |
Robert |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HALL |
Robert jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HARKER |
Matthew |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HARLAND |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HARRISON |
Bernard |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HARRISON |
Michael |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HARRISON |
William |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HARVEY |
Edmund |
pewterer |
Stockton |
died 1781 aged 83 |
| HILLS |
Jno |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HODGSON |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HUDSON |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| HUNTER |
Frank |
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Stockton |
aged 88 in 1908 |
| ILEY |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| JACKSON |
Richard |
Mayor |
Stockton |
1822 |
| JACKSON |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| JAMESON |
Anthony |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| JAMIESON |
George |
driver |
|
S & D |
| JEFFERSON |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| JOHNSON |
Robt |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| JOICEY |
Henry |
driver |
|
S & D 1832 |
| JOICEY |
James |
driver |
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S & D 1832 |
| KAY |
Matthew |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| KILVINGTON |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| KITCHING |
William |
committee member |
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S & D 1829 |
| KNOWLES |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| LAIDLER |
Joseph |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| LANCHESTER |
J |
waggoner |
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1825 |
| LANCHESTER |
Thomas |
driver |
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S & D |
| LANCHESTER |
Timothy |
fireman |
|
S & D |
| LANCHESTER |
Henry |
driver |
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S & D locomotion ‘Director’ |
| LANG |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| LAW |
Thomas |
driver |
|
S & D locomotion ‘Diligence’ designed by R Stephenson |
| LAW |
Michael |
driver |
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S & D |
| LAX |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| LEATHER |
Mr |
surveyor |
|
Evenwood to Stockton for proposed canal |
| LENG |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| LOFTUS |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| LYNAS |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| LYNN |
Ralph |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MALCOLM |
Robert |
driver |
|
S & D 1832 |
| MALLABY |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MARTIN |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MARTIN |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MCNAUGHTON |
P |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MCNAUGHTON |
Duncan |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MEWBURN |
Francis |
solicitor/ chief clerk |
Darlington |
S & D 1818-1828 |
| MEWBURN |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MEYNELL |
Jno |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MEYNELL |
Thomas |
chairman |
Yarm Friarage |
S & D 1818-1828. Lord of manor of Yarm |
| MIDDLETON |
Michael |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MILES |
Richard |
timber & slate merchant |
Yarm |
signed S & D railway petition 1819. Brother of Thomas |
| MILES |
Thomas snr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819. Brother of Richard |
| MILES |
Thomas jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MILNER |
Mary |
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wife of Baron Bowes |
| MORGAN |
John |
driver |
|
S & D 1832 |
| MORGAN |
Ralph |
driver |
|
S & D 1832 |
| MORROW |
R |
driver |
|
S & D locomotion ‘Hope’ designed by R Stephenson |
| MOUTREY |
John |
driver |
|
S & D |
| MUIR |
Andrew |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MUIR |
Jos Stafford |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| MUSGRAVE |
Thomas |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| NEWBY |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| OVERTON |
George |
engineer/surveyor |
|
1818 railway from collieries to Darlington. S & D 1820 |
| PAPE |
Archibald |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| PARRINGTON |
|
farmer |
Middlesbrough |
1825 |
| PEACOCK |
Francis |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| PEASE |
Edward |
woollen manufacturer |
Darlington Northgate House |
1821. Born 1767. Quaker |
| PEASE |
Joseph |
treasurer |
|
S & D 1833 |
| PEASE |
Edward jnr |
Mr |
|
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| PEASE |
Henry |
committee member |
|
S & D |
| PEASE |
Joseph jnr |
Mr |
|
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| PEASE |
Isaac |
articled clerk |
|
died 1825 aged 22 |
| PICKERING |
Robert |
driver |
|
S & D |
| PICKERSGILL |
Richard |
booking officer |
Darlington Commercial St |
1825 |
| POTTER |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| POTTS |
John |
farmer |
Dene Head |
1823 |
| POTTS |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| PRINCE |
Richard |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| PRINCE |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| PYBURN |
Adam |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| RAISBECK |
Leonard |
recorder/solicitor/chief clerk |
Stockton |
1810. S & D 1818-1828. Later steward of the manor of Yarm |
| REED |
Francis C |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| REED |
John snr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| REED |
William |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| RENNIE |
John |
civil engineer |
|
1812-1815 surveyed for canal or railway |
| RICHARDSON |
Chris |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| RICHARDSON |
Thomas |
Mr & Sons |
Hartlepool |
built bridge at Moorhouse Estate c1852 for extended line to Stockton |
| RICKABY |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| ROGERS |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| ROW |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| ROWELL |
Dinnis |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| ROWELL |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| RUDD |
Will |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| RUSSELL |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SANDERSON |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SCOTT |
Richard |
innkeeper |
Darlington |
1821 |
| SERGINSON |
Thomas |
patten maker |
Shildon Soho Works |
1827 |
| SHERWOOD |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SHERWOOD |
Thos jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SLEIGH |
Colonel |
|
Stockton |
1818 |
| SMELT |
Newark |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SMITH |
George |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SMITH |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SMITH |
John jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SMITH |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SNOWDEN |
Thomas |
driver |
|
S & D. Then went to France as loco superintendent of large railway. On return started an ironworks in Middlesbrough |
| SOFTLEY |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SPENCE |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| SPENCE |
John jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STAINSBY |
Mark |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STAINSBY |
Ralph |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STAINTHROP |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STAPLES |
Francis |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STAPLES |
Francis jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STEPHENSON |
George |
engineer |
|
S & D 1821-1825. Born Wylam 9 Jun 1781. Md Fanny HENDERSON 28 Nov 1802 Newburn church. Died Chesterfield Tapton 12 Aug 1848 |
| STEPHENSON |
Robert |
locomotive & bridge builder & MP |
|
born Willington Quarry 16 Dec 1803. Designed ‘Locomotion’ Sep 1825 under instruction from father George. Withdrawn 1850. Also designed ‘Experiment’ ‘Rocket’ & ‘Globe’. Died London 12 Oct 1859 |
| STEPHENSON |
James |
driver |
|
S & D ‘Locomotion’ 1825. Brother of George |
| STEPHENSON |
Ralph |
bank rider |
Brusselton |
1828. Later driver |
| STEVENSON |
Robert |
engineer |
from Edinburgh |
1819 |
| STOBART |
H, Colonel |
committee member |
|
S & D & proprietor of Etherley colliery |
| STOCKTON |
Francis |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STONEHOUSE |
Christopher |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STONEHOUSE |
Marshall |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| STOREY |
Thomas |
engineer |
|
S & D 1821 |
| STRATHMORE |
Earl of |
Baron Bowes |
|
died 1820 |
| SUNTER |
George |
driver |
|
S & D |
| SWINBURNE |
Ralph |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| TAYLOR |
Thomas |
foreman fitter |
Shildon Soho Works |
1827 |
| TEARNLEY |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| TENNANT |
Christopher |
|
Stockton |
1818. Died 1839 |
| TERRY |
Christopher |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| TENNISON |
Charles |
driver |
|
S & D |
| THIRKELL |
George |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| THOMPSON |
John |
patten maker |
Shildon Soho Works |
1827 |
| TODD |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| TODD |
James jnr |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| TODD |
Richard |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| TROWSDALE |
James |
contractor |
|
Company built Yarm viaduct |
| TULLY |
|
booking officer |
Stockton |
1825 |
| VANSITTART |
H |
Mr |
Kirkleatham |
1818 |
| WALDY |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WALDY |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WALKER |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WALLS |
James |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WALLS |
Edward |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WARWICK |
Chris |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WARWICK |
Jno |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WASTELL |
George |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WASTELL |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WATSON |
D H |
chief clerk |
Shildon Soho Works |
was a boy at opening of the S & D |
| WATSON |
Richard |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WAUGH |
John |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WEDDELL |
Thos Place |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WETHERELL |
Thos |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WIGHAM |
Cuthbert |
draper |
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WILKINSON |
John |
Mayor |
Stockton |
1825 |
| WILKS |
Richard |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WILKS |
William |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WILSON |
Backhouse |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WILSON |
R |
engineer |
Newcastle |
1825. Locomotive ‘Chittaprat’ – failure |
| WILSON |
Wm |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WINN |
Cuthbert |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WINN |
Benjamin |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WISEMAN |
Stephen |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WOOD |
Matthew |
|
Yarm or neighbourhood |
signed S & D railway petition 1819 |
| WRAY |
George |
goods manager |
Yarm |
1848 |
| YOUNG |
Robert |
engineman |
Brusselton |
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