Rhymes of a rural railway.

Description:

Rhymes of a rural railway is an account of the opening of the Whitby and Pickering railway in 1836. Written in poetic rhyme and giving an account of historical facts from the survey of the land to the opening of the line. Naming actual people and places and leaving a real flavour and vision of the time.

subjects: History,  Railroads,  Whitby and Pickering Railway

People: George Stephenson - George Haydock Dodgson (surveryor)

Places: N. Yorkshire Whitby. Ruswarp,  sleights. growmond. Whinstone dyke. Fen bogs. Levisham. Beckhole. Black Swan Pub Pickering

Times: 1836