Andy Millne
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The population in Bedlington was 2023.
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Bedlington has a place in postal history as it has the earliest known recorded usage of an adhesive stamp to prepay postage. The Penny Black officially came into service on May, 6th, 1840. However someone sent a letter from London under a "Mulready" wrapper to a Mr. Blenkinsop of Bedlington four days earlier. This then made the letter the earliest known in the United Kingdom. Together with this, the Mulready wrapper was not officially valid until the same day as the Penny Black. The Mr. Blenkinsop the letter was sent to, was an engineer at the Bedlington Ironworks, and what makes the letter more intriguing is that he had died nine years earlier. The stamp and wrapper were worth up to half a million pounds in 1991. How much today? With Mr. Blenkinsop not being alive when the letter was sent, it was forwarded to his family who lived in Carlisle, bearing a May 4th, 1840 Morpeth postmark, probably adding more value to it. -
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.