Talk:Cleveland Railway (England)

Not Normanby, but Normanby Jetty
From what I can see on the map, the railway didn't start at Normanby, but instead from Normanby Jetty - so called because it was next to the place where Normanby Beck (i.e. stream) enters the Tees. Normanby Beck is the very last section of Spencer Beck - a good part of the railway ran alongside Spencer Beck.

After passing through the village of Normanby, a short branch looped into Normanby Brick Works. The rest continued - and the page says ... through Eston Hills. Well, it might be better to say alongside the Guisborough Road (also known as the Middlesbrough Road).Francis Hannaway 20:07, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I was under the impression that Normanby Brick Works was actually built on top of the line? The spur that you are referring to went to a mine, I believe. Prioryman (talk) 22:35, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * To my knowledge, there was never a mine there - I live in Normanby. I've never heard it mentioned by anyone. The railway ran through 'a gap in Eston Hills'; well that gap is Flatts Lane ... all the mines were to the east of there. The land is now the Flatts Lane Country Park - none of the literature mentions a mine on the site.Francis Hannaway 22:54, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello again - just adding to what we discussed earlier ... you were right about there being mines in Normanby and also near Ormesby Bank. They were very short lived. I found the records in the Durham mine archive, or some such, ... I'd have to search for them again. Neither existed, I seem to remember, in the 20th century. Francis Hannaway 21:05, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I have a map somewhere which shows all the old ironstone railways in and around the Eston Hills. If you go to http://www.old-maps.co.uk and search for TS6 0NN (the address of the Country Park) and select the 1894 Ordnance Survey map, you'll see where Normanby Mine was - in Ryehill Wood, just across the road from where the Country Park is now. The mine was gone by the time the 1915 map was printed. Ormesby Mine was over on the other side, west of the Country Park (and just east of Long Bank Farm). It was already disused in 1894, according to the map, but seems to have been turned into a brick works by 1915. If you look here you can still see the railway trackbed (I've walked it before). Thanks for fixing the starting point of the railway. Prioryman (talk) 22:10, 10 February 2012 (UTC)