Catterick Bridge Explained

Official Name:Catterick Bridge
Country:England
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Os Grid Reference:SE227992
Coordinates:54.3886°N -1.6494°W
Label Position:left
Post Town:Richmond
Postcode Area:DL
Postcode District:DL10
Civil Parish:Brough with St Giles

Catterick Bridge is a hamlet about 1 mile 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 in 2014. There had been a coaching inn at this site since at least the 16th century.[4] After several attempts to auction the property, it was removed from the market in October 2020 due to lack of interest.[5]

Charles Macintosh, the inventor of the Mackintosh raincoat, Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet and William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford were educated at Catterick Bridge.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catterick Sunday Market. 10 December 2007. 14 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130114012509/http://www.cattericksundaymarket.co.uk/. dead.
  2. Web site: Catterick Sunday Market is struggling but will continue, organisers say. 19 April 2021. The Northern Echo.
  3. Web site: Willis. Joe. 9 May 2017. Meet Mark the Meat Man. 19 April 2021. Richmondshire Today.
  4. Web site: Catterick hotel destroyed by fire. 19 April 2021. The Northern Echo.
  5. Web site: Willis. Joe. 30 October 2020. Fire-damaged landmark hotel removed from auction due to lack of interest. 19 April 2021. Richmondshire Today.
  6. 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
  7. 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