Major Hext sitting on one of the engines in front of Holywath signal box An auction is due to take place in Coniston in Cumbria to sell off all the components of a miniature railway that once operated ...

HEXT On 7 January 2009, JOHN WILFRED BARRATT, Major (RA) Retired, MBE, of Holywath, Coniston - Dearly loved husband of the late Dora Hext; loving father of Susanna, Antony, Jonathan, Rosemary, Juliet, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 16—Through the Hext Family Foundation, Odessa College has a new endowed scholarship that will help students studying ...

A family-run renewable energy project has begun generating electricity for homes in the Lake District. The hydro-electric scheme, set up by Jonathan and Sue Hext from Coniston, draws energy from a ...

An auction is due to take place in Coniston in Cumbria to sell off all the components of a miniature railway that once operated in the village. Major John Hext created the line in the grounds of his ...