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Newton Aycliffe history
Anglo-Saxons
Aycliffe (originally ‘Acley’) was the site of an Anglo-Saxon settlement. The name Acley came from the Old English words: ‘Ac’, meaning oak, and ‘ley’, meaning ‘a clearing’ Aycliffe was the location of a church synods in AD 782 and AD 789.
Transport
On the edge of the town is the Bishop Auckland to Darlington railway branch line which is part of the 1825 Stockton and Darlington Railway. George Stephenson’s steam locomotive Locomotion No 1 was placed on the rails close to Newton Aycliffe near to where Heighington station is.
World War II
The marshy land was ideal cover against the Luftwaffe as it was almost continually shrouded in fog and mist. Huge grass-covered factories were built and serviced by the nearby railway lines. The factories were largely staffed by women (in their thousands)
Beveridge Report
William Beveridge produced a report on what he wanted Britain to be like after the war. He proposed a state system of Social Security benefits, a National Health Service, council housing, free education and full employment. The Welfare State was brought in all over Britain in 1948, but Beveridge chose one place especially which he wanted to be the shining example of how his new world would work.
Industry
After the war, many companies moved onto the industrial estate, including Great Lakes Chemicals, Eaton Axles, and B.I.P., who were to become two of the largest employers of the town until the early 1980s. The factories were eventually replaced by manufacturing buildings that became the industrial district of Aycliffe.
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