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| Brian Gargate has kindly sent the following information, photographs and drawing connected with Aycliffe Quarry. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In 1875 an unknown man, aged about 30, was found dead at Aycliffe Quarry limekilns. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Aycliffe January 21st. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hazels loco
Hazels loco outside shed |
FORCETT Aycliffe Lime Company. 0-4-0 ST oc “Forcett” On loan from Forcett Lime Company March 26, 1948 Ref. No. HL 2465 1900 Was working at Aycliffe on Friday 26th March, 1948. She was on loan from the Forcett Lime Company. Perhaps because Hazels was unreliable. |
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Ayysome No 12 A photograph would suggest she was at Aycliffe in the 1940’s or ‘50’s. Perhaps Hazels was unreliable. Her name also suggests that she was a Teesside steelworks, or chemical works (I.C.I.), locomotive |
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Aycliffe Quarry |
Aycliffe Quarry on west of A 167, when filled with water |
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Limekiln at Aycliffe Quarry |
Worker in Aycliffe Quarry |
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Limekiln at Aycliffe Quarry |
Workers in Aycliffe Quarry |
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Limekiln from the air |
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Bob Shaw gave the photograph above for the Exhibition. |
Quarry men The quarryman on the right, wearing the flat cap, has been identified by Jo Faulkner as her great great grandfather. He was William Ellwood, who later died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Does anyone have the original photograph and know the names of any other quarrymen in this photograph, and when it was taken? |
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Aycliffe Quarries We know that quarrying has taken place in Aycliffe Village for at least two hundred years and further research needs to be carried out to try and establish its origins. With the assistance of Durham County Record Office and local trade directories we know that by the mid-nineteenth century there were two quarries in Aycliffe Village: theWestern quarry and the Eastern quarry 1828 Watson & Chapman, lime burners ---------------------------------------- 1851 George Chapman, lime burner, William Stephenson, lime burner 1856 George Chapman, lime burner, M Stephenson, lime burner 1879 George Chapman, lime burner, Ord & Maddison, quarry owner 1890 George Chapman, limestone quarry owner, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1894 George Chapman, limestone quarry owner, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1910 George Chapman, limestone quarry owner, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1914 Hanson & Brown, limestone quarry owners, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1921 Hanson & Brown, limestone quarry owners, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1925 Aycliffe Lime & Limestone Co., quarry owners, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1929 Aycliffe Lime & Limestone Co., quarry owners, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1934 Aycliffe Lime & Limestone Co., quarry owners, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners 1938 Aycliffe Lime & Limestone Co., quarry owners, Ord & Maddison, limestone quarry owners The western quarry is no longer worked and has been land filled in the last twenty years, (1980-2000). The eastern quarry is currently operated by the John Wade Group of Companies which started out as a small family business in the 1970s and now employs over 120 operatives and technical workers complimented by 20 full time office and site staff. In addition to the quarrying and tipping facilities they handle and recycle all domestic waste for Darlington Borough Council.
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Jo Faulkner has sent this copy of the portion of the photograph above which shows her great great grandfather, William Ellwood. It was the only part of the photograph above that she had. Jo points out that William Ellwood's fingers are bandaged on his right hand. In the 1911 census he was living at Aycliffe. The schedule says Menon or Menham Cottage- does anyone know this? William was living elsewhere when he died in 1918, as did two of his daughters.
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Jo Faulkner also sent this photograph of Isabell. William Ellwood's wife. |
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Hagar & Co.'s Directory, 1851
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Whellan's Directory, 1865
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Kelly's Post Office Directory, 1879
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1891 Census for Aycliffe
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