THE

HISTORY

OF THE

STOCKTON

AND

DARLINGTON RAILWAY

AND ITS

VARIOUS BRANCHES,

FROM ITS

G.

COMMENCEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY.

GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL,

Fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen;
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Member of the
Royal Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland;
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne ;
Member of the Surtees Society; Member of the Tyneside
Naturalists' Field Club; Member of the 'Architectural and
Archæological Society of Durham and Northumberland; Member
of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club; Honorary Member of
the Manchester Literary Club, &c., &c.

STOKESLEY:

TWEDDELL AND SONS, CLEVELAND PRINTING AND
PUBLISHING OFFICES.

SONNET

ΤΟ

GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL, Esq.,

F.S.A. SCOT. AND NEWC., ETC.

In earnest reference to his very eloquent Treatise on

Shakspere,

his Times and Contemporaries," and also to his "Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham."

"Thou honour'st Verse, and Verse must lend her wing
To honour thee."-MILTON.

TWEDDELL! the grateful incense thou hast shed
On "Shakspere's" altar, shall make dear thy name
To all who love the Muses' hallow'd flame,
And joy to see its splendour nursed and fed
With glowing tributes both of heart and head,
With soul-felt praise and eloquent acclaim!
This thou hast done: and Justice were as lame
As she is blind, if nought were sung or said
In praise of him who has so voiced aloud
The praise of others!-CLEVELAND will not see
Thy name and worth dimm'd by Oblivion's cloud:
No! of her "Bards" and scenes, with spirit free,
Still chaunt thy praises,-still be glad and proud,
And evermore she shall be proud of thee!

Sunderland, Nov. 5th, 1867.

J. G. GRANT.