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Darlington history
Early history
Darlington started as an Anglo-Saxon settlement . St Cuthbert’s Church, built in 1183, is one of the most important early English churches in the north of England . The so-called “Durham Ox” came from Darlington .
Victorian era
Darlington was a small market town during the early 19th century . The Stockton and Darlington Railway ran steam locomotives designed for passengers and goods, built to a standard gauge, on a permanent main line with branches . An early railway works was the Hopetown Carriage Works (est. 1853), which supplied carriages . The clock tower was given to the town by industrialist Joseph Pease in 1864 . The 91-acre South Park was redeveloped into its current form in 1853 .
World Wars era
Pilot Officer William Stuart McMullen of Canada was on a training exercise when one of its engines caught fire and it crashed on farmland near Lingfield Lane . He stayed at the controls while his crew parachuted to safety and directed the stricken aircraft away from the houses below . He was killed on impact .
Late 20th-century
A1 Steam Locomotive Trust spent £760,000 building a new steam locomotive from scratch . It was intended to be the 50th member of the long withdrawn LNER Peppercorn Class A1 engine, called Tornado and numbered 60163 . Tornado was completed in January 2008 .
21st century
Darlington was the first town in England to allow same-sex civil ceremonies in 2001 . The town hosts an annual Gay Pride Festival which comprises a series of celebrations of local LGBT culture and acceptance held at venues across the town . Town centre has undergone a full refurbishment entitled The Pedestrian Heart .
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