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Glass manufacture in St Helens commenced around 1826 and, with the coming of the railway, the Pilkington Brothers Ltd works rapidly expanded until at its peak of manufacture in the 1950s Pilkingtons, with its dominant market share in glass manufacture, was handling in the region of 1,800 railway wagons per week at St Helens. The company also owned St Helens colliery until vesting day, providing cheap coal right on the doorstep for the manufacturing processes. Products handled at the Ravenhead, Gerard's Bridge and Crown Sheet Works were inbound coal and sand (and later oil replacing coal in the late-20th century) and outbound finished product in bespoke wagons for safely conveying large sheets of manufactured glass. Pilkingtons was a loyal user of the locally-built Edward Borrows ‘Cross’-design 0-4-0 well tanks from the local Providence Works and drew, at various times, from a fleet of 19 such locos built between 1875 and 1910, although locos from other manufacturers were also used. Similar Borrows locos also worked at the Brunner Mond Winnington and Lostock works at Northwich in Cheshire and at the United Alkali Burn Naze works at Fleetwood in Lancs. Borrows 0-4-0 well tank Sutton (W/No.49 built in 1905) photographed at St Helens Sheet Works (formerly Crown plate glass works) in the mid-1950s. It was withdrawn from service in April 1959 and scrapped during 1960.
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Burial items from the grave mound at Sutton Hoo, which many historians believe may have belonged to King Rædwald (599-324).
The British Museum is a museum in London dedicated to human history and culture. Its permanent collection, numbering some eight million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building.
Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries. One cemetery contained an undisturbed ship burial, including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, most of which are now in the British Museum in London. The site is in the care of the National Trust.
Carnforth Fowler tank at Sutton Oak St. Helens, withdrawn in the April and probably on the way to Ince scrapyard.
Copyright Neville Wellings
Cat Rescue, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. Interesting, though seemingly unlisted, corner development probably of Victorian origin, now occupied by a cat rescue charity.
Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England
May 2017
An unidentified Virgin liveried Class 47 heads down the Sutton Park line passing through the remains of Sutton Park station with a single Inter City liveried MK2 coach in tow.
The Midland Railway station had closed on 18 January 1965 with passenger services having been axed under the Reshaping of British Railways report by Dr Richard Beeching. The station buildings and forecourt were used until the late 1980's early 1990's by a local coal merchant but by the time this shot was taken in 1999 were heavily vandalised with demolition taking place shortly afterwards.
More information on the station at [www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/sutton_park/index.shtml]
Sutton Scarsdale Hall, or at least what is left of it, is just across the M1 from Bolsover Castle. It's owned by English Heritage and is free to wander around.
• The long building is One Housing, designed by Stock Woolstencroft LLP, 2008.
• Centre, 17-storey building known as Grand Regent Tower, designed by Burwell Deakins, 2014.
By the Regent's Canal, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
98908 & 98958 spray their way through Sutton Coldfield working a West Midlands RHTT cirucit based on Kings Norton
SUTTON, GREATER LONDON - FEBRUARY 20: The Arsenal changing room before the Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round match between Sutton United and Arsenal on February 20, 2017 in Sutton, Greater London. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
For the first time in years, a daylight freight train passes Little Sutton Station on the Merseyrail Hooton to Ellesmere Port line. The Colas driver puts on the power of 66846 hauling 6Z66 13.36hrs Hooton to Ellesmere Port Manisty Wharf e/IVA Vans (ex Bridgend Ford) as it passes by. There were plans of second train but that has been cancelled with the second rake of IVA Vans being stabled elsewhere. 8th July 2019.
Copyright: 8A Rail
You can see my movie from this glorious early evening visit(featuring Chiltern Class 68's, Colas/GBRf 47749, Freightliner Class 70, and Class 66's from DB Cargo, GB Railfreight, and Freightliner)here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDp4LtrsBAk
98908 & 98958 spray their way through Sutton Coldfield working a West Midlands RHTT cirucit based on Kings Norton
As someone who grew up in East Anglia, I feel a close relationship with the treasures discovered just before the war at Sutton Hoo.
The originals can be found at the British Museum, but the replicas found at the visitors centre on location in Suffolk have more resonance. at least to me.
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Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries. One contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, now held in the British Museum in London.
Sutton Hoo is of a primary importance to early medieval historians because it sheds light on a period of English history that is on the margin between myth, legend, and historical documentation. Use of the site culminated at a time when Rædwald, the ruler of the East Angles, held senior power among the English people and played a dynamic if ambiguous part in the establishment of Christian rulership in England; it is generally thought most likely that he is the person buried in the ship. The site has been vital in understanding the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia and the whole early Anglo-Saxon period.
The ship-burial, probably dating from the early 7th century and excavated in 1939, is one of the most magnificent archaeological finds in England for its size and completeness, far-reaching connections, the quality and beauty of its contents, and the profound interest of the burial ritual itself. The initial excavation was privately sponsored by the landowner, but when the significance of the find became apparent, national experts took over. Subsequent archaeological campaigns, particularly in the late 1960s and late 1980s, have explored the wider site and many other individual burials. The most significant artefacts from the ship-burial, displayed in the British Museum, are those found in the burial chamber, including a suite of metalwork dress fittings in gold and gems, a ceremonial helmet, shield and sword, a lyre, and many pieces of silver plate from Byzantium. The ship-burial has from the time of its discovery prompted comparisons with the world described in the heroic Old English poem Beowulf, which is set in southern Sweden. It is in that region, especially at Vendel, that close archaeological parallels to the ship-burial are found, both in its general form and in details of the military equipment that the burial contains.
Although it is the ship-burial that commands the greatest attention from tourists, there is also rich historical meaning in the two separate cemeteries, their position in relation to the Deben estuary and the North Sea, and their relation to other sites in the immediate neighborhood. Of the two grave fields found at Sutton Hoo, one (the "Sutton Hoo cemetery") had long been known to exist because it consists of a group of approximately 20 earthen burial mounds that rise slightly above the horizon of the hill-spur when viewed from the opposite bank. The other, called here the "new" burial ground, is situated on a second hill-spur close to the present Exhibition Hall, about 500 m upstream of the first, and was discovered and partially explored in 2000 during preparations for the construction of the hall. This also had burials under mounds, but was not known because they had long since been flattened by agricultural activity. The site has a visitor's centre, with many original and replica artefacts and a reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, and the burial field can be toured in the summer months.
The park is mainly comprised of grassed areas with areas of woodland and avenues of trees. The lake is located in the south east of the park, and is well used by anglers and walkers. Rumbles café is located to the west of the site and is located close to the play areas, a skate park, ball court and outdoor gym. The site also has bowling and tennis clubs.
The Lawn Pleasure Grounds encompass the grounds of the former Sutton Hall, built as the residence of Samuel Unwin, a merchant hosier, and the land associated with his nearby Cotton Spinning Mill and Mill Lake. Sutton Hall and most of the Mill complex no longer exist, but the Mill ruins and adjacent lake form the focal feature of the park today.
The park is mainly comprised of grassed areas with areas of woodland and avenues of trees. The lake is located in the south east of the park, and is well used by anglers and walkers. Rumbles café is located to the west of the site and is located close to the play areas, a skate park, ball court and outdoor gym. The site also has bowling and tennis clubs.
The Lawn Pleasure Grounds encompass the grounds of the former Sutton Hall, built as the residence of Samuel Unwin, a merchant hosier, and the land associated with his nearby Cotton Spinning Mill and Mill Lake. Sutton Hall and most of the Mill complex no longer exist, but the Mill ruins and adjacent lake form the focal feature of the park today.