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We got married at Bowes Museum in 2004. We had to delay our ceremony by a few minutes so that guests could watch the swan do its thing first.

#BowesMuseum #BarnardCastle #CountyDurham

Former history teacher Glynn Wales starts our coverage of the 100th anniversary of the General Strike by telling the story of what the Echo called ...

“EVERY second shop in Newgate Street, the main street in Bishop Auckland, shuttered up and the shopkeeper ruined,” wrote the town’s prospective MP Hugh Dalton in his diary 100 years ago.#BishopAuckland #HughDalton #WinstonChurchill #StanleyBaldwin #CountyDurham #theLabourParty #Coalmining #ArthurCook #BarnardCastle #ErnestBevin #Britishcoal #theGeneralStrike
Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago?

Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago?

“EVERY second shop in Newgate Street, the main street in Bishop Auckland, shuttered up and the shopkeeper ruined,” wrote the town’s prospective MP Hugh...

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Egglestone Abbey— The Poorest House in England

Just under two miles south-east of Barnard Castle, the remains of Egglestone Abbey stand above the south bank of the Tees. They are, not to put too fine a point on it, rather good.

Egglestone was a Premonstratensian house, founded around 1195. The Premonstratensians — known ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/03/16/egglestone-abbey-the-poorest-house-in-england/

#BarnardCastle #NorthYorkshire #Teesdale #history #medieval #monastic

Tomb of Sir Ralph Bowes, Egglestone Abbey

Sir Ralph Bowes of Streatlam (abt. 1480 - 1516)
Was sheriff of Durham, he also fought at the battle of Flodden, 1513.

#egglestoneabbey #tomb #abbey #barnardcastle #durham #medieval

Barnard Castle. The Castle , ca. 1890-1906 Barnard Castle (Barnard Castle, England),Castles & palaces,Ruins,Great Britain England Barnard Castle

#BarnardCastle #Castle #Ruins #English #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017659169/

Barnard Castle. Eggleston Abbey , ca. 1890-1906 Egglestone Abbey (Durham, England),Abbeys,Ruins,Great Britain England Durham (County)

#BarnardCastle #EgglestonAbbey #Durham #Ruins #England #Gothic #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017659168/

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, the gardens, Yorkshire, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the British Isles Image shows the "Halfpenny Bridge", built in 1869 and destroyed in 1974 in Yorkshire, England. On the hill is the portico of the former Barnard Castle railway station. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) England Saltburn-by-the-Sea

#Saltburn #the-Sea #Yorkshire #England #the"HalfpennyBridge #BarnardCastle #EnglandSaltburn #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002708318/