Catterick Bridge

Catterick Bridge
Catterick Bridge
 Catterick Bridge shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE227992
DistrictRichmondshire
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Richmond
Postcode district DL10
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°23′19″N 1°39′02″W / 54.38864°N 1.65047°W

Catterick Bridge is a hamlet about 1 mile north of Catterick Village in North Yorkshire, England. It is home to Catterick Bridge Racecourse, a pub and a few houses. It lies very near to the A1 road.

Charles Macintosh, the inventor of the Mackintosh raincoat, Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet and William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford were educated at Catterick Bridge.[1][2]

The Catterick Sunday Market, held at Catterick Racecourse, is the largest Sunday Market in the North of England.[3]

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

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ "Catterick Sunday Market". Retrieved 10 December 2007.

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