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Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games
Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay Route

Day 35 - Darlington

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Baton Route

Darlington will be celebrating the arrival of the Baton on Wednesday, 10 July 2002.

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Did you know...

Darlington's name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Dearthington, which meant `the settlement of Deornoth's people'.

During the 17th and 18th Darlington was known as Darnton i' the Dirt - due to the then unpaved streets of the town.

On 19th April 1821 an Act of Parliament was passed that authorized the Stockton & Darlington Railway company to build a horse railway that would link the collieries in West Durham, Darlington and the River Tees at Stockton. This began the age of mass transportation.