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'Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum' is an open air museum located near the town of Stanley, County Durham, England. Beamish tries to show what life was like in a typical northern town in the early 20th century — much of the restoration and interpretation is specific to 1913. Aside from the main town however there is also the manor house and the waggonway which are based on 1825.
It is the first English museum to be financed and administered by a consortium of County Councils (Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear) and it was the first regional open air museum in England. The museum was established in the 1970s under director Frank Atkinson. Atkinson was concerned to preserve the customs, traditions, and ways of speech of the region and adopted a policy of "unselective collecting", whereby local people could donate anything of the period to the museum.
The first exhibition was held in Beamish Hall in 1971. The site was opened to visitors for the first time in 1972. The museum is 95% self funding, mainly from the admission charges of around 350,000 visitors annually [1]
===Pockerley Waggonway===
Beamish has its own railway, the Pockerley Waggonway, comprising an engine shed from 1825 and a short length of track. Three replica steam locomotives run on the railway, one of George Stephenson's Locomotion No 1 of 1825 and one of William Chapman's ''The Steam Elephant'' of 1815. The original ''Locomotion No 1'' headed the first, passenger-carrying, steam train in the world — on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Visitors to the museum can ride in the unsprung carriages. In 2006 a third replica was added to the waggonway. The museum funded the building of William Hedley's Puffing Billy.
A typical North Eastern Railway station is reconstructed at Beamish. The station itself came from Rowley just a few miles from Beamish Museum; it was demolished and reconstructed at Beamish in 1975. In the yard there are a variety of wagons on display; under the footbridge the line goes down past the town ending in an open area beyond Barclays Bank, a distance of 1/4 mile. The line used to connect the railway station and colliery sidings until 1991 when the line between them was pulled up so a tram line could be laid. Sometimes there is a working steam locomotive at the station, hauling the wagons up and down the line. The latest locomotive was no 22 from the Bowes Railway and WST also from the Bowes railway.
There used to be a lot of working steam at Beamish station with the NER J21 and no. 14 Hawthorn Leslie hauling the restored NER coach and wagons up and down; the working of locomotives ceased in 1995 due to no. 14 being at the end of its 10 yr certificate or finance, J21 already having been static since 1984.
There was a NER Coach at the station but has now gone to the Tanfield Railway
and there is a Regional Museums Store which has a lot of NER stock under cover including wagons and coaches. (Check the Beamish website for more details on running dates.)
Beamish is home to 6 trams, some of which operate every day on the full track around the museum area.
★
★ Gateshead Single Decker no. 10 built in 1925. Out of operation for mechanical re-build.
★
★ Sunderland Enclosed Double Decker No 16 built in 1900. In service after a three year restoration.
★
★ Blackpool Open Topper no. 31 built in 1901. In regular service in the summer months at Beamish.
★
★ Newcastle Open Topper no. 114 built in 1901. A unique example and in regular service in the summer months.
★
★ Beamish Single Decker no. 196 built in 1935. In excellent restored condition and used regularly at Beamish.
★
★ Sheffield Open Balcony Double Decker no. 264 built in 1907. Out of service undergoing a major overhaul to its body and mechanics.
★
★ Newcastle Double Decker 501 built in 1948. On loan to the Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum as it is too recent to operate at Beamish.
★
★ Keighley Single Decker 12 built in 1924. Undergoing a major restoration.
Please note that both of these are replicas.
★
★ London General Bus DET 720D from the early 20th Century. In regular use on bus services round the museum.
★
★ Daimler Double Decker design from 1913 J2503. In regular use and has been at Beamish the longest.
Other exhibits include a coal mine where it is possible to take an underground tour of the museum's 'Drift Mine'. The 1855 Colliery Winding Engine can be seen in steam during the summer months; and there are also miners' houses, a chapel and a school.
The features of the town area include the original Annfield Plain Co-Operative Store, the original East Stanley primary school (a fact which has led to a special relationship between the museum and the school), a dentist's surgery, a bank and a pub. It has been used for the backdrop for many film and television productions, particularly the Catherine Cookson dramas produced by Tyne Tees Television.
★ Black Country Living Museum
★ Blists Hill Victorian Town
★ National Tramway Museum
1. [Guidebook to Beamish Museum, 2006 edition]
★ Official website
★ Photographs and Description
The entrance to Beamish Museum.
'Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum' is an open air museum located near the town of Stanley, County Durham, England. Beamish tries to show what life was like in a typical northern town in the early 20th century — much of the restoration and interpretation is specific to 1913. Aside from the main town however there is also the manor house and the waggonway which are based on 1825.
It is the first English museum to be financed and administered by a consortium of County Councils (Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear) and it was the first regional open air museum in England. The museum was established in the 1970s under director Frank Atkinson. Atkinson was concerned to preserve the customs, traditions, and ways of speech of the region and adopted a policy of "unselective collecting", whereby local people could donate anything of the period to the museum.
The first exhibition was held in Beamish Hall in 1971. The site was opened to visitors for the first time in 1972. The museum is 95% self funding, mainly from the admission charges of around 350,000 visitors annually [1]
===Pockerley Waggonway===
Replica ''Steam Elephant'' locomotive, Pockerley Waggonway
Beamish has its own railway, the Pockerley Waggonway, comprising an engine shed from 1825 and a short length of track. Three replica steam locomotives run on the railway, one of George Stephenson's Locomotion No 1 of 1825 and one of William Chapman's ''The Steam Elephant'' of 1815. The original ''Locomotion No 1'' headed the first, passenger-carrying, steam train in the world — on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Visitors to the museum can ride in the unsprung carriages. In 2006 a third replica was added to the waggonway. The museum funded the building of William Hedley's Puffing Billy.
| Contents |
| The Railway Station |
| Tramway |
| Trolleybuses |
| Vintage Motor Buses |
| Town |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
The Railway Station
A typical North Eastern Railway station is reconstructed at Beamish. The station itself came from Rowley just a few miles from Beamish Museum; it was demolished and reconstructed at Beamish in 1975. In the yard there are a variety of wagons on display; under the footbridge the line goes down past the town ending in an open area beyond Barclays Bank, a distance of 1/4 mile. The line used to connect the railway station and colliery sidings until 1991 when the line between them was pulled up so a tram line could be laid. Sometimes there is a working steam locomotive at the station, hauling the wagons up and down the line. The latest locomotive was no 22 from the Bowes Railway and WST also from the Bowes railway.
There used to be a lot of working steam at Beamish station with the NER J21 and no. 14 Hawthorn Leslie hauling the restored NER coach and wagons up and down; the working of locomotives ceased in 1995 due to no. 14 being at the end of its 10 yr certificate or finance, J21 already having been static since 1984.
There was a NER Coach at the station but has now gone to the Tanfield Railway
and there is a Regional Museums Store which has a lot of NER stock under cover including wagons and coaches. (Check the Beamish website for more details on running dates.)
Tramway
Beamish is home to 6 trams, some of which operate every day on the full track around the museum area.
★
★ Gateshead Single Decker no. 10 built in 1925. Out of operation for mechanical re-build.
★
★ Sunderland Enclosed Double Decker No 16 built in 1900. In service after a three year restoration.
★
★ Blackpool Open Topper no. 31 built in 1901. In regular service in the summer months at Beamish.
★
★ Newcastle Open Topper no. 114 built in 1901. A unique example and in regular service in the summer months.
★
★ Beamish Single Decker no. 196 built in 1935. In excellent restored condition and used regularly at Beamish.
★
★ Sheffield Open Balcony Double Decker no. 264 built in 1907. Out of service undergoing a major overhaul to its body and mechanics.
Trolleybuses
★
★ Newcastle Double Decker 501 built in 1948. On loan to the Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum as it is too recent to operate at Beamish.
★
★ Keighley Single Decker 12 built in 1924. Undergoing a major restoration.
Vintage Motor Buses
Please note that both of these are replicas.
★
★ London General Bus DET 720D from the early 20th Century. In regular use on bus services round the museum.
★
★ Daimler Double Decker design from 1913 J2503. In regular use and has been at Beamish the longest.
Other exhibits include a coal mine where it is possible to take an underground tour of the museum's 'Drift Mine'. The 1855 Colliery Winding Engine can be seen in steam during the summer months; and there are also miners' houses, a chapel and a school.
Town
The features of the town area include the original Annfield Plain Co-Operative Store, the original East Stanley primary school (a fact which has led to a special relationship between the museum and the school), a dentist's surgery, a bank and a pub. It has been used for the backdrop for many film and television productions, particularly the Catherine Cookson dramas produced by Tyne Tees Television.
See also
★ Black Country Living Museum
★ Blists Hill Victorian Town
★ National Tramway Museum
References
1. [Guidebook to Beamish Museum, 2006 edition]
External links
★ Official website
★ Photographs and Description
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