Believed to have been the last battle place for the personnel residing there against William the Conqueror around the date 1070-1075?      Situated to the West of Redcar, and now heavily industrialised was the site of marshes.      Formerly well known still to this day by the residents...

PROMWALKER remembers the fortifications, and what they got up to………..  The stray along to Marske was cordoned off with barbed wire, and mined. There were anti aircraft guns and searchlights at the Marske end. I cannot recall any anti aircraft balloons. I do not know how far the barbed...

 REDCAR EARLY WARNING STATION Sound Mirror System Grade II Listed & Scheduled Monument This structure is a Sound Mirror or detector, built by the Royal Engineers in 1916. It was part of an extensive Zeppelin and enemy aircraft detection system deployed down the East Coast of Britain during the...

Formerly a large area of street terrace housing to mostly accommodate the workers of the iron works, which became Dorman Long. Most of these houses have long gone and only slight remnants of the area remain to this day. Well known for its access by road (Tod Point road still in use) to the South Gare...

A war letter home 16th June 1942 From A/C, Royal Air Force from a camp in Redcar, to his parents, dated 17th, June, 1942, to Dagenham, Essex. This separate letter, was found in a Letter Card Dear Mum & Dad,  Just a line to let you know I am alright and hope you are the same. Well I am still getting...

Sunshine Corner oh its jolly fine It’s for children under ninety nine All are welcome seats are given free Redcar Sunshine Corner is the place for me    How many times have local people sung that, and thought where does that come from? Sunshine Corner was a place on Redcar Beach from 1900 through...

Sulpitius Chapel was its name in the 15 th century. First mention to come about referees to the middle late 1400’s than again in the middle 1800’s Human bones were found adjacent to Fisherman’s Crossing in 1911, which were buried in Coatham Church yard. No one knows today where the...

Yes, they even came to Redcar (twice) with their messages Monday 28th June, 1909, and on Thursday 31st June 1909. Miss A Pankhurst was the main speaker at the meeting which took place on the beach, with Mrs Pankhurst herself speaking at a meeting which was held in the Central Hall, on the Thursday. The...

St. Peter’s Church, Redcar Lane, Redcar. (showing entrance on Lord Street) A good marker for the fishermen. Only 2 chiming, chiming one facing South (land workers) and other North towards sea (town people and fishermen)     Located Redcar Lane and was built on “monks land”....

Stead Hospital, Kirkleatham Street.   Originally, the Stead Memorial Hospital was a Victorian villa named ‘Everdon’ located in Kirkleatham in the Coatham end of the town, along with many more similar houses of the at era. They were houses large and roomy. ‘The Stead’ as...