Catterick Bridge

Catterick Bridge
Catterick Bridge  Catterick Bridge shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE227992
District	Richmondshire
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Richmond
Postcode district	DL10
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire

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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