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Beamish Open Air Museum
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Category: Heritage centre
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Colliery entrance at Beamish Museum
by Malc McDonald
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The entrance to the colliery at Beamish Open Air Museum.
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Beamish Open-air Museum - the Goods shed at Rowley Station
by David Dixon
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Rowley Station opened at Beamish in 1976, having been relocated to the museum... (more)
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Beamish Open-air Museum, Footbridge at Rowley Station
by David Dixon
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Rowley Station opened at Beamish in 1976, having been relocated to the museum... (more)
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Hetton Silver Band Hall at Beamish Museum
by Malc McDonald
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The Hetton Silver Band Hall was dismantled and moved from the colliery village... (more)
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Vintage Trams at Beamish
by David Dixon
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Two old double decker trams taking visitors around the museum site. The Beamish... (more)
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Blackpool Tram at Beamish
by David Dixon
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The Beamish Tramway route is 1½ miles long. It opened in 1973 to re-create the... (more)
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Tramway at Beamish Open-air Museum
by David Dixon
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The Beamish Tramway route is 1½ miles long. It opened in 1973 to re-create the... (more)
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The Grand Cinema, Beamish (1950s) Town
by David Dixon
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Recent developments at the Beamish Open-air Museum have included the creation of... (more)
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The Carriage Shed, Beamish Open-air Museum
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Reflecting the reliance on horses for a variety of transport needs in the era,... (more)
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Beamish Town
by David Dixon
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RTC 822, ex-Rawtenstall Corporation Leyland Titan PD2 (in Scout Motors livery... (more)
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Beamish Open-air Museum, Weighbridge at Rowley Station
by David Dixon
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Rowley Station opened in 1976, having been relocated to the museum from the... (more)
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Beamish Tramway, Blackpool 31
by David Dixon
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The Beamish Tramway route is 1½ miles long. It opened in 1973 to re-create the... (more)
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Pit village at Beamish Museum
by Malc McDonald
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Home Farm Bus Stop, Beamish Open-air Museum
by David Dixon
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1950s-style shelter near Home Farm at Beamish.
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Tram at Beamish Museum
by Malc McDonald
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Beamish Open-air Museum
by David Dixon
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The yellow bus (J2007) is a replica of the design of a Northern General... (more)
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Beamish Open-air Museum -Rowley Signal Box
by David Dixon
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The signal box dates from 1896, and was relocated from Carrhouse near Consett.
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Path to Rowley Signal Box, Beamish Open-air Museum
by David Dixon
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The signal box dates from 1896, and was relocated from Carrhouse near Consett.
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Beamish Open-air Museum, Goods Sidings and Shed at Rowley Station
by David Dixon
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The goods area represents how general cargo would have been moved on the... (more)
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Old-style Signpost at Beamish Open-air Museum
by David Dixon
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Ice Cream Hut at Beamish Open-air Museum
by David Dixon
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Octagonal Penfold-type Pillar Box, Beamish Open-air Museum
by David Dixon
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An octagonal box of the third Penfold type dating from between 1872 and 1879. It... (more)
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Beamish Open-air Museum, the western end of the Rowley Station site
by David Dixon
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Blackpool 31 and South Shields 196 at Beamish Tramway
by David Dixon
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The Beamish Tramway route is 1½ miles long. It opened in 1973 to re-create the... (more)
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Department Store, Beamish Town
by David Dixon
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The town area, officially opened in 1985, depicts chiefly Victorian buildings in... (more)
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Vintage Transport at Beamish
by David Dixon
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Ex-Oporto Tramways Company single-decker tram (196), which has been repainted... (more)
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Pit Hill Methodist Chapel - Beamish Museum
by David Dixon
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Pit Hill Chapel, which originally stood in nearby Beamish village is a typical... (more)
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Sheffield Tram at Beamish Town
by David Dixon
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The museum's town area, officially opened in 1985, depicts chiefly... (more)
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Chemist and photographer, Beamish Town
by David Dixon
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The museum's town area, officially opened in 1985, depicts chiefly... (more)
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Livery Stables Yard and Cart Shed
by David Dixon
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Reflecting the reliance on horses for a variety of transport needs in the era,... (more)
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Beamish Waggon and Iron Works
by David Dixon
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The large building dominating the Rowley Station site is presented cosmetically... (more)
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Police Station and Houses, Beamish 1950s Town
by David Dixon
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A pair of police houses from Heworth, Gateshead, and their associated... (more)
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Replica LGOC B-type Omnibus at Beamish
by David Dixon
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This replica of a London General Omnibus Company B-type bus was built on a... (more)
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Beamish Open Air Museum - 1900s town
by Chris Allen
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Beamish is an excellent open air museum that goes from strength to strength and... (more)
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Engine Shed at Beamish Colliery
by David Dixon
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Beamish Museum, Railway Sidings at the Victorian Colliery
by David Dixon
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Miners' Retirement Homes, Beamish 1950s Town
by David Dixon
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The 1950s aged mineworkers’ terrace is a replica of cottages from Marsden Road,... (more)
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Bowling Green and Pavilion, Beamish 1950s Town
by David Dixon
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The replica of Billingham Bowling Green from John Whitehead Park was built as... (more)
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Victorian Gallopers at the Beamish Fairground
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The fairground is on the events field between the 1900s town and the railway... (more)
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Railway at Beamish
by David Dixon
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Looking east from Rowley Station
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Beamish Fairground
by David Dixon
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The fairground is on the events field between the 1900s town and the railway station.
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1950s Motor Bus at Beamish
by David Dixon
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Ex-Rotherham Corporation Daimler CVG6 (KET 220) of 195 in Service carrying... (more)
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Dangerous Hill Ahead at Beamish
by David Dixon
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The road to the left rapidly becomes a steep hill towards the pit village.
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Northern General Bus Depot
by David Dixon
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a 1950s-style Northern bus depot has been erected on the western side of the museum
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1950s Bus at the Pockerley Bus Stop
by David Dixon
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RTC 822, ex-Rawtenstall Corporation Leyland Titan PD2 (in Scout Motors livery... (more)
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Beamish Open Air Museum - assorted artefacts
by Chris Allen
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Unfortunately, Beamish has quite a selection of unrestored artefacts mouldering... (more)
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Beamish Open Air Museum - Robert Stephenson grasshopper beam engine
by Chris Allen
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This big blue engine has a cast plaque to state it was built by R Stephenson... (more)
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Beamish Open Air Museum - Robert Stephenson grasshopper beam engine
by Chris Allen
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This big blue engine has a cast plaque to state it was built by R Stephenson... (more)
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Beamish Open Air Museum - Home Farm
by Chris Allen
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This is a dismantled single cylinder vertical engine and it was intended to... (more)
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