What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Tapton House late 18th century house. George Stephenson railway pioneer lived here 1838-1848 Recorded plaque organisation: Chesterfield Civic Society.
George Stephenson, known as the "Father of Railways," was a pioneering civil engineer and builder of the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives; he lived at Tapton House from 1838 to 1848.
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