Catterick Bridge

For the road bridge, see Catterick Bridge (bridge).
Catterick Bridge
Catterick Bridge is located in North Yorkshire
Catterick Bridge
Catterick Bridge
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54°23′19″N 1°38′58″W / 54.38861°N 1.64944°W / 54.38861; -1.64944

Catterick Bridge is a hamlet about 1-mile (1.6 km) north of Catterick, at the south end of Catterick road bridge.

The hamlet includes Catterick Racecourse and a few houses. The Sunday market, held at the racecourse, was once the largest of its kind in Northern England.[1] After declining fortunes, the market closed in 2016.[2][3]

The former Bridge House Hotel currently stands derelict after a fire destroyed a vast majority of the Grade II listed building[4] in 2014. There had been a coaching inn at this site since at least the 16th century.[5] After several attempts to auction the property, it was removed from the market, in October 2020, due to lack of interest.[6]

Charles Macintosh, the inventor of the Mackintosh raincoat, Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet and William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford were educated at Catterick Bridge.[7][8]

See also

The old Catterick Bridge across the River Swale
The Catterick rail bridge over the River Swale

References

  1. ^ "Catterick Sunday Market". Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Catterick Sunday Market is struggling but will continue, organisers say". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ Willis, Joe (9 May 2017). "Meet Mark the Meat Man". Richmondshire Today. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1318300)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Catterick hotel destroyed by fire". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ Willis, Joe (30 October 2020). "Fire-damaged landmark hotel removed from auction due to lack of interest". Richmondshire Today. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  7. ^ J. K. Laughton, 'Beresford, Sir John Poo, first baronet (1766–1844)', rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 30 April 2011
  8. ^ Gordon L. Teffeteller, 'Beresford, William Carr, Viscount Beresford (1768–1854)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2011 accessed 30 April 2011

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