Darlington, Co. Durham - South Park - multiview real photo postcard 1961 pmk

• Postcard

   

• Picture / Image:  South Park, Darlington [Co. Durham] - multiview: Fountain / Lake etc.
• Publisher:  Valentines (H6220)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2&hlaf d red Wilding
• Postmark(s):  Darlington 15 Aug 1961 slogan
• Sent to:  Folkestone, Kent
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Darlington is a market town in County Durham, in North East England, with a population of 106,000 in 2011. The town lies on the River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees.^[2][3] The town owes much of its development to the influence of local Quaker families in the Victorian era, and is famous as the terminus of Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first passenger railway.

During the early 19th century, Darlington remained a small market town.^[7] As the century progressed, powerful Quaker families such as the Pease and Backhouse families were prominent employers and philanthropists in the area. Darlington's most famous landmark, the clock tower, was a gift to the town by the industrialist Joseph Pease in 1864.^[8] The clock's face was produced by T. Cooke & Sons of York, and the tower bells were cast by John Warner & Sons of nearby Norton-on-Tees.^[5] These bells were in fact the sister bells to those which are inside the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in London, the most famous of which is called Big Ben. The Darlington Mechanics Institute was opened in 1854 by Elizabeth Pease Nichol, who had made the largest donation towards its building costs.^[9] The 91-acre South Park was redeveloped into its current form in 1853, with financial backing from the Backhouse family.^[10] Alfred Waterhouse, responsible for London's Natural History Museum and Manchester Town Hall, designed the Grade II listed Victorian Market Hall in 1860, and also the Backhouse's Bank building, now a branch of Barclays, in 1864, the latter taking three years to complete.^[5] George Gordon Hoskins was responsible for much of the town's architecture in this period, such as The King's Hotel. The Darlington Free Library was built with funding from Edward Pease, and opened in 1884.^[11]