Boroughbridge, High Street 1907
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Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure. In more modern times the town was a major coaching post on the great North Road, and several fine inns survive here. The first mail coach from London reached here on 16 October 1789, superseded a century later by the railway. Just beyond the old Swan Hotel, centre left, is the entrance to Boroughbridge Hall.

A Selection of Memories from Boroughbridge

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Boroughbridge

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I was born in Annes Cafe, Boroughbridge in 1940 (we were lodging there). Dad used to have a few beers in the Crown and the Three Greyhounds during WW2. Mum and Dad told me they used to go "skinny dipping" in the "fish ladders?" We moved from Boroughbridge to Merseyside sometime between 1940 and 1945 I will have to research exactly when. Does anyone where the "fish ladders" are or were?