Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Stockton in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
A Parliamentary bill is passed to allow the building of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), the 25-mile railway will connect collieries near Bishop Auckland to the River Tees at Stockton, passing through Darlington, Stephenson surveyed the line, assisted by his eighteen-year-old son Robert and construction
Builds the 1st public railway to carry steam trains which opens, Stockton-Darlington
Stephenson's locomotive hauls the opening train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens driven by Stephenson, Locomotion hauled an 80-ton load of coal and flour nine miles in two hours, reaching a speed of 24 miles per hour also the first purpose-built passenger car, Experiment, was attached and carried dignitaries on the opening journey, the first time passenger traffic had been run on a steam locomotive railway
Elected Member of Parliament for Stockton, majority of 3,000
Loses Stockton at the general election by 2,389 votes
Wins Stockton as the National Candidate with a majority of 11,031 votes
Wins Stockton with a majority of 4,000 & rejoins the Conservative Party
Created Earl of Stockton, 1st
Provenance
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