The Frank Elgee Memorial Day School
Saturday 15 November 2025
Preston Hall Museum – Stockton on Tees
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the Elgee Memorial Lecture 2025 will take the form of a Day School with contributions from speakers reflecting on the origins, impact, and significance of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
The venue will be Preston Hall Museum, recently re-opened to great acclaim following a major transformation, within a short distance of where the Stockton & Darlington Railway ran on its opening day.
PROGRAMME
10.00 am Reception and Registration
10.20 am Welcome and Housekeeping
10.30 am Martin F Peagam – Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society
‘The First Railway – The Origins and Significance of the Stockton & Darlington Railway’
11.30 am Dr Emma Watson – Tees Archaeology
‘Revealing the Past – Recent Excavations of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Route’
12.30 pm Lunch Break
1.30 pm Alan Betteney – Cleveland Industrial Archaeology Society
‘The Impact of the Stockton & Darlington Railway on Stockton on Tees’
2.30 pm Michael Thompson – Teesside Archaeology Society
‘A Trip from Middlesbrough to Redcar – Present and Past’
3.30 pm Panel discussion and Q & A Session
4.00 pm Close
HOW TO BOOK
To book a place, please do so via this Eventbrite link
If you have trouble with this, or would prefer to pay by cheque, please contact us.
BOOKING GUIDANCE
The Day School will commence with Registration at 10am and is expected to conclude at 4.00pm approximately, with speakers delivering presentations in the wood-panelled Music Room.
Admission is open to everyone who is interested on payment of a fee of £5.
Coffee and light refreshments will be provided.
Lunch can be obtained at one of the on-site cafeterias.
Alternatively, you can bring your own lunch and eat it in the room adjacent to the Music Room, allowing for networking with other attendees.
As a delegate, you will also have the opportunity to visit the museum and walled garden during the day, at no extra cost, and participate in a guided tour of the original track-bed and the archaeological dig sites.
The venue is located close to major road routes and to a railway station, and there is plenty of parking available.
Full directions of how to reach the venue can be provided on request.
The venue is fully accessible, but please let us know if you have special needs that if satisfied would make your attendance more enjoyable.
