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| Name: | Route of the Darlington and Merrybent Railway |
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| NY SMR Number: | MNY24759 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Last edited: | Feb 7 2020 11:44AM |
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| Grid Reference: | NZ 239 109 |
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| Parish: | Barton [1093]; Richmondshire |
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| Cleasby [1094]; Richmondshire |
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| Manfield [1099]; Richmondshire |
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| Newton Morrell [1100]; Richmondshire |
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Monument Type(s):
- RAILWAY (19th Century to 20th Century - 1865 AD? to 1950 AD)
Other References/Statuses
Full description
In 1870 the Merrybent and Darlington Railway was built as a branch line which left the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway at Merrybent to carry stone from various quarries; it ran from Archdeacon Newton to Barton quarry in North Yorkshire. It was closed in 1878 when the company went bankrupt, but the line and quarries were re-opened by North Eastern Railway in 1890. The railway was abandoned in 1938, and later dismantled (1-2).
<1> Northern Echo, 01/06/2005, High Hopes lie buried along an unused passenger line (Newspaper Article). SNY11037.
<2> Wikipedia, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrybent (Webpage). SNY23420.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SNY11037 - Newspaper Article: Northern Echo. 01/06/2005. High Hopes lie buried along an unused passenger line. Lloyd, C. |
| <2> | SNY23420 - Webpage: Wikipedia. 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrybent. Digital. |
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