Staward - Circa 1980

Taken from a 1981 calendar for J.M.Ridley Ltd. The vehicle is negotiating Staward bends

Staward - Circa 1949

Staward railway station before the closure of the Hexham-Allendale branch line. Passenger trains ceased in the 1930s but the line carried goods until its final closure in November 1950

Staward - Circa 1905

Cypress Linn or Sypers Lynn, Staward.  The Allen is forced through a narrow gap in the rock, forming a cascade in summer and an area of rapids in winter. In Scotland and northern England, a Linn is a geographical water feature, a watercourse that has cut through a shelf of hard rock creating a narrow … read more