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Barnard Castle (locally [ˈbɑːnəd ˈkæsəl], BAH-nəd KASS-əl) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, Northern England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automaton exhibit
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See moreBefore the Norman conquest the upper half of Teesdale had been combined into an Anglo-Norse estate which was centred upon the ancient village of Gainford and mortgaged to the Earls of Northumberland. The first
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See more• Elevation: 180 m (600 ft)
• Nearest large towns: Darlington, 16 miles (26 km). Bishop Auckland 14.8 miles (24 km)...
See moreBarnard Castle has road connections to Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor and central County Durham via the A688 and Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees,
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See moreWalter Scott frequently visited his friend John Sawrey Morritt at Rokeby Hall and was fond of exploring Teesdale. He begins his epic poem
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See moreBarnard Castle is for all purposes (historic, ceremonial and unitary authority) located in County Durham. Barnard Castle has a Town Council governing a
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See moreThe most important employer in Barnard Castle is Glaxo Smithkline, which has a large pharmaceutical manufacturing plant on the outskirts of the town which employs around 1,000
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See moreBarnard Castle School
Barnard Castle School, an independent co-educational boarding school located on the eastern edge of the town.
Teesdale School
Teesdale School is an 11–18 comprehensive school on...
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Created from. South Durham. Barnard Castle was a county constituency centred on the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham, which returned one Member …
- Created from: South Durham
- Number of members: one