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Hidden Heritage Trail, Hinderwell Parish                                        50p
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Railway Lecture

East Row Viaduct, Sandsend

On Friday 20th May, Dr. Michael Williams gave a lecture in Hinderwell Village Hall, on the Whitby, Redcar & Middlesbrough Union Railway.
Over 90 people attended, with some people travelling from as far away as Leeds, which shows the amount of interest that still exists in this historic line, which passed through the MulgraveWard between Staithes and Sandsend.
Dr Williams has gathered together new information for his dissertation in Railway Studies, and also showed a short video clip of a journey on a steam train between Sandsend and Loftus.  Only one member of the audience had seen this previously.
The MCRP group will publish Dr Willaims' work before the end of 2011.

Hinderwell Station



Viaduct at the bottom of Lythe Bank
ALL THESE PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON OUR 2012 CALENDAR



Village Heritage Walks

In April members organised a visit to Mickleby to have a walk round the village and take a closer look at the architecture of old buildings and other points of historical interest.  A similar event was organised in Hinderwell in May.
There were fifteen people at each event.  This type of activity is attracting interest from different people who can pass on their local knowledge to residents from other villages.


Our next Heritage Walk will be in Dalehouse on Tuesday 7th June - meet 6pm near the Bridge.
Please come along - it's good fun!

If you would like to join in our activities, please contact us through our website www.mcrp.org.uk

Various surveys have been undertaken - most recently to record WW2 sea defences and anything that still remains along the Whitby, Redcar & Middlesbrough Union Railway that closed in 1958.

Pillbox on Runswick Beach

Pillbox on top of the cliffs above Sailing Club

Entrance to Kettleness Tunnel

Underpass near Kettleness Tunnel

One of the bridges between Runswick & Kettleness - still in excellent condition

Groups members have been working with Kevin Cale from Community Archaeology on mini projects with Lythe, Hinderwell and Staithes primary schools. This has included a heritage walk around Hinderwell and Port Mulgrave and various classroom activities.

Classroom "Dig"

Kevin and schoolchildren on Hinderwell Beacon

St. Hilda's Churchyard, Hinderwell