
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is a thriving ancient Market town some 18 miles east of The Inn at Brough. The castle, from which the town takes its name, is set on a high rock above the River Tees and once belonged to Richard III whose boar emblem is carved above a window in the inner ward. An octagonal building stands In the centre of the town, the Market Cross known locally as the ‘Butter Market’, it was built by Thomas Breaks and given to the town in 1747. Two bullet holes in the weather vane are reputed to be the result of a shooting competition between a volunteer soldier and a local gamekeeper in 1804.
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The Witham
3 Horsemarket
County Durham