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				The Home of the Railway Pictured left - the Flower Train in the heart of the Town Centre, a reminder of Darlington's Railway heritage.			Founded in Saxon times on the banks of the picturesque River Skerne, the fabric of today's Darlington is made up of many twines of significant history. It was here, for example, that in 1183 the parish church of St Cuthbert was founded. To this day it remains one of the most stunning examples of an early English church in the region, which explains its rather fitting nickname, Lady of the North. You'll find one of the largest market places in England laid out in front of the Church and much of this is still an open Market Qquare today. As you look out over the town horizon, which is shaped by the splendour of Victorian industrial architecture, you'll begin to realise just how much Darlington's character owes to the Quaker families of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Not only did their linen and woollen mills and banking businesses give Darlington an unmistakable flavour, they also provided employment for very many people in the 19th Century. Prominent buildings such as the old Town Hall, Market Hall and Mechanic's Institute were endowed for the public good by the wealth of Quaker families and can still be enjoyed by you today. These and other fine buildings such as Backhouse's Bank, which became part of Barclays in 1896, can be enjoyed fully in the centre.