Darlington (GB)

Darlington was issued with the 233 Post Office Numeral in 1844

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Darlington is a market town in County Durham, in the North East of England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Darlington, with a resident population of 106,000 in 2011. The town lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. The town owes much of its development to the influence of local Quaker families during the Victorian era, and it is famous as the terminus of the world's first passenger railway. Darlington railway station is an important stop on the East Coast Main Line.

Darlington

The current office is in the Cornmill Shopping Centre in Priestgate.

Royal Mails Darlington Delivery depot operates from Park Place.

Sideways duplex 3 Mar 1855 (earlier than recorded) on 1d red plate 194

Darlington July 1844 half circle Provincial town cancel to Manchester & Leeds Railway Company Plate 42 1d Red

Darlington #1 Squared Circle of 1904

Darlington #2 Squared Circle of 1904

1892 single ring cancel coded 1T on ½d Vermilion Jubilee.

Special Cancels

1999, Calendar postmark dated 2 May 1999, DARLINGTON County DURHAM.

Town Sub-Offices

Albert Road

Telegraph code Darlington A

Outer Sub-Offices

Winston Sub Office single ring cancel of 1932

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Outer Sub-Office under Darlington. Darlington Postal area covered many small rural villages in its time.

Bowes

Bowes 1912 Single Circle code A.

Bowes original Post Office 2 The St.

Bowes current Post Office in The Village Hall.

Bowes is a village in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle.

Historically the Post Office came under Darlington.

The Roman name for Bowes was Lavatrae. A Roman fort was located there, which was re-used as the site for Bowes Castle.

The place-name 'Bowes' is first attested in a charter of 1148, where it appears as Bogas. This is the plural of the Old English boga meaning 'bow', probably signifying an arched bridge.

From 1861 to 1962, the village was served by Bowes railway station.

Just to the north of the village at Stoney Keld, is the site of the former RAF Bowes Moor, a chemical warfare agent storage site between 1941 and 1947.

The Bowes Loop of the Pennine Way goes through the site.

Hurworth

Single circle of HURWORTH 1912

The original Post Office was on The Green.

Single circle of HURWORTH 1918

Hurworth Post Office is currently an in-store counter at the Spar Store on The Green/Roundhill Road.

Hurworth-on-Tees is a village in the borough of Darlington, within the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated in the civil parish of Hurworth. The village lies to the south of Darlington on the River Tees, close to its meeting point with the River Skerne, and immediately adjoins the village of Hurworth Place, which forms part of the same civil parish.

There has been a settlement at Hurworth since at least as far back as the 12th century. The estate that Hurworth was part of has changed hands many times over the centuries.

In 1665, the Great Plague almost wiped out the village population of 750 leaving only around 75 survivors. The plague struck many other nearby villages including Birkby and South Cowton. Three dips in the village green mark the site where as many as 1,500 people were buried in massive lime pits. According to old records, bodies from other nearby villages were ferried across the River Tees for burial in Hurworth.

Perhaps the most famous person to have lived in Hurworth was William Emerson, an eminent mathematician born in Hurworth in 1701. He was educated at Newcastle upon Tyne and York and then devoted himself to mathematics. He died at Hurworth in 1782 and has a monument in the church of All Saints.

Winston

Winston single ring cancel of 1932 on KGV 1½d Imperf at right.

Winston Post Office is now a residence called Winston Lodge.

Winston is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles east of Barnard Castle, on a crossroads between the A67 and B6274 road, the parish includes the hamlets of Little Newsham and South Cleatlam.

Winston had a railway station that was first opened in 1856 as part of the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, it closed to passengers in 1964 and to freight in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts, the station building was demolished in 2002, however the goods shed and station master's house still stand.Winston Bridge was opened in 1763 over the River Tees for the transport of coal via what is now the B6274 road from Staindrop, south to Richmond.

The hamlet of Winston Gate on the south side of the bridge was the location of the former barriers and toll booths.