Joseph Pease was a British proponent and supporter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, one of first public railway systems in the world, and was the first Quaker permitted to take his seat
Joseph Pease
Statue of Pease in Darlington town centre
Middlesbrough
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Middlesbrough, colloquially known as Boro, is a port town and unitary authority of North Yorkshire, located in North East England. Situated on the southern bank of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms
Joseph Pease (railway pioneer)
…South Durham. That same year, along with his father-in-law Joseph Gurney of Norfolk, and other Quaker businessmen, they bought a large tract of land at Middlesbrough, which they projected as a port for exporting coal. In December 1830, a new railway line was opened on the Stockton and Darlington railway, to…
Middlesborough Town Hall image by Robert Eva
Middlesbrough Walk
Albert Park
The Curve Building, Teesside University