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The power stations' four large chimneys were a landmark of the Northumberland skyline for over 40 years; the A Station's two chimneys each stood at 140 metres (460 ft); the B Station's two chimneys were taller, at 170 metres (560 ft) each. Construction of the B Station began shortly after the A station was completed.
The practice was once common throughout Northern England, but largely died out in the nineteenth century before being revived in some areas of Lancashire and West Yorkshire in the twentieth century. The plays, which involved mock combat, were performed by Pace Eggers , who sometimes received gifts of decorated eggs from villagers.
St Andrew's cross carved in fireplace to prevent witches from entering a house, displayed in Ryedale Folk Museum. A witch post is a local superstition where the cross of St Andrew (a saltire) is used as a hex sign on the fireplaces in Northern England, in Yorkshire and Lancashire, in order to prevent witches from flying down the chimney and entering the house to do mischief.
In its day, Shaddon Mill was the largest cotton mill in England and had the 8th largest chimney in the world. [3] Shaddon Mill became an Historic Listed Building in 1949 [4] and the chimney became an Historic Listed Structure in 1972. [1] [2] Peter Dixon and Sons Ltd. provided work for 8000 people in their four mills in the area. [5]
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel.Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and often hold national records (as tallest free-standing or as overall tallest structures of a country).
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Chimney Meadows is a 620 acres (250 ha) national nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest which forms part of the floodplain of the River Thames. [10] It includes wild flower meadows with cowslip , yellow rattle , common knapweed , oxeye daisy and pepper-saxifrage which supports insects, wildfowl and waders.
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