Andy Millne
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Michael Longridge refuses a knighthood.
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Longridge established the Barring "Henry" Colliery.
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Bells Place was built at the east end of Bedlington.
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The Blyth & Bedlington Literary Supplement was produced at the Dene as a monthly edition.
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Chartism ceased in Bedlington.
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Seventeen locomotives were built at the locomotive factory at Bedlington.
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Daniel Gooch designs the North Star engine. This became the model for all broad gauge engine to follow.
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Bedlington "A" Colliery began sinking the shaft. Known as the "Auld Pit".
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Chartism had huge support and one of the biggest rallies ever seen in the UK was held on the Town Moor at Newcastle upon Tyne.
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A Locomotive Works opened on the Bebside bank of the river. The first loco built was called "Michael Longridge" and was the first of about 160-200 engines made here. Bedlington engines "De Snelheid"‚ "De Arend" and "Bayard" hauled the first trains in Holland and Italy respectively (1839). Bedlington locos were delivered to various railway companies around Britain and also to Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and Persia (Iran).
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Bedlington rail was used in the construction of Russia's first railway line (between Tsarskoe Selo and Pavlovsk), opened by Tsar Nicholas I on 30th October 1837.
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The first meeting of the Bedlington Coal Company takes place at Durham.
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Demesne Farm begins. Farming began by the Abbs family.
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Daniel Gooch Becomes Engineer for the Great Western Railway
Andy Millne posted a timeline entry in 1730-1840
Daniel Gooch at the age of 21, becomes the engineer for the Great Western Railway. -
Chartism begins in the Bedlington area.
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The boiler of the steam locomotive, John Bull, on display in the National Museum of American History, Washington DC was almost certainly manufactured at the Bedlington Ironworks in 1831.
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William Hare of "Burke & Hare" notoriety came to Bedlington in February. He was recognised and the people of Bedlington chased him out of Bedlington by throwing stones at him as he ran away.
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Bedlington Rails Used to Build Stockton to Darlington Line
Andy Millne posted a timeline entry in 1730-1840
Bedlington rail was used to build the Stockton to Darlington line, the world's first commercial railway.. -
In 1825, a man named Joseph Ainsley in Bedlington bred two Rothburies and deemed the result a Bedlington Terrier. It has been described as a dog with the heart of a lion and the appearance of a lamb. -
Longridge, George & Robert Stephenson & Edward Pease formed locomotive works at Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Bedlington Iron Company receive huge contract for Birkinshaws malleable iron rails by George Stephenson.
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Petries's Mill built at the top of the Bedlington Bank.
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Bedlington Rails Proposed for Stockton to Darlington Railway
Andy Millne posted a timeline entry in 1730-1840
George Stephenson proposes the use of Birkinshaws malleable rails for the Stockton to Darlington Railway. -
Longridge built a school for his workers children in the "Free Wood".
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The population in Bedlington was 1862.