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Tees Valley Curiosities
This collection of Tees Valley curiosities brings together a series of unusual, intriguing, and extraordinary buildings, structures, incidents, and people from all parts of the county. Included in these pages are fascinating relics from the area’s industrial, ecclesistical, and military past, including puzzling earthworks at Thornaby Green; Redcar’s war-time early warning system; Yarm’s octagonal Methodist chapel; Thornaby’s Five Lamps; Middlesbrough’s Dock Tower with its three clock faces and one blank; and the intriguing primeval forests that lie off the beaches of Hartlepool and Redcar. Using a range of illustrations and photographs, Robert Woodhouse tells an alternative history of the Tees Valley that will fascinate residents and vistors alike.
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Tees Valley Curiosities
This collection of Tees Valley curiosities brings together a series of unusual, intriguing, and extraordinary buildings, structures, incidents, and people from all parts of the county. Included in these pages are fascinating relics from the area’s industrial, ecclesistical, and military past, including puzzling earthworks at Thornaby Green; Redcar’s war-time early warning system; Yarm’s octagonal Methodist chapel; Thornaby’s Five Lamps; Middlesbrough’s Dock Tower with its three clock faces and one blank; and the intriguing primeval forests that lie off the beaches of Hartlepool and Redcar. Using a range of illustrations and photographs, Robert Woodhouse tells an alternative history of the Tees Valley that will fascinate residents and vistors alike.
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Tees Valley Curiosities

Tees Valley Curiosities

by Robert Woodhouse
Tees Valley Curiosities

Tees Valley Curiosities

by Robert Woodhouse

Overview

This collection of Tees Valley curiosities brings together a series of unusual, intriguing, and extraordinary buildings, structures, incidents, and people from all parts of the county. Included in these pages are fascinating relics from the area’s industrial, ecclesistical, and military past, including puzzling earthworks at Thornaby Green; Redcar’s war-time early warning system; Yarm’s octagonal Methodist chapel; Thornaby’s Five Lamps; Middlesbrough’s Dock Tower with its three clock faces and one blank; and the intriguing primeval forests that lie off the beaches of Hartlepool and Redcar. Using a range of illustrations and photographs, Robert Woodhouse tells an alternative history of the Tees Valley that will fascinate residents and vistors alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750950770
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 07/01/2009
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Robert Woodhouse is the author of 28 books on regional history, including Curiosities of Tyneside and Curiosities of West Yorkshire.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6

Introduction 7

Visiting the Curiosities 8

1 Redcar and Cleveland 9

2 Stockton-on-Tees 39

3 Middlesbrough 65

4 Hartlepool 87

5 Darlington 101

Bibliography & References 126

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