Brompton On Swale, the Village 1913 (ref. 65494) | We are looking east towards the Crown Inn (in the distance behind the walking man). A tarmac road surface and kerbed
pavements are the main changes to this scene today. The stone cottages and red brick Methodist chapel have changed little
except for some modern doors and windows.
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Catterick, the Village 1913 (ref. 65487) | More trees obscure
this view across
the stream to
Low Green, and
Buckfast & Son's
shop (behind the
second tree from
the right) has
closed, but the
buildings have
changed little.
St Anne's Church
tower is visible
behind the
handsome Stepping
Stones House. The
stepping stones
themselves look less
serviceable now,
but there is also a
footbridge today.
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Downholme, the Church 1913 (ref. 65520) | Inside the quaint little church of St Michael and All Angels is a George III coat of arms dated 1784, signed by the Richmond
painter Robert Coatsworth; he helped to paint the scenery for the opening night of the Georgian Theatre Royal. Some
distance away is the small village of Downholme, once bustling, with lead workings nearby, now close to Catterick
Garrison's firing ranges.
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Easby, Abbey 1893 (ref. 32290) | Little of the abbey church remains, but other buildings around the cloister are better preserved. This view shows the south
transept (centre left), with the chapter house on the right. The ruined walls are now free of the lush vegetation shown here,
and well consolidated, but Easby Abbey is still privately owned (although in English Heritage's guardianship).
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Gilling West, Village 1913 (ref. 65482) | We are looking north, with
the White Swan on the
left and tall trees near the
church in the centre. The
grass in the foreground
would soon bear a 1914-18
war memorial. The village
shop and post office in
the distance beyond the
children still functions, but
the shop-like Gilling Club
(to the left of the woman in
the middle of the road) has
become a house.
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Hipswell, the Hall 1913 (ref. 66034) | Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay
window to the right. The estate passed to the Wandesfords of Kirklington, and over the front door is a plaque dated 1596
with the initials of George Wandesford. The lady by the gate would have no inkling of the military influx soon to come.
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Marske, the Church 1913 (ref. 65525) | The ancient battlemented
church of St Edmund King
and Martyr has windows
inscribed 'Iohn Hutton
Sqvir 1683'. The interior,
re-ordered by a later John
Hutton c1830, contains his
memorial with its fulsome
epitaph, the Hutton family
pew, and a Victorian royal
coat of arms dated 1850.
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Marske, the Hall c1955 (ref. M378002) | This was formerly the seat of the Hutton family, who produced two archbishops, both called Matthew, of York in 1595 and
Canterbury in 1757. Marske Hall was rebuilt c1600 and Georgianised c1730, and behind it is a once-handsome stable block
- the Huttons bred racehorses. The photograph shows some of the impressive trees which are a feature of Marske.
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Middleton Tyas, Scotch Corner Hotel c1960 (ref. M73014) | The hotel replaced the Three Tuns Inn in 1938, and was requisitioned by the army for residential
and office use during the Second World War. This landmark, familiar to drivers on the A1, was in the
1950s THE place for film stars to stay on their way north, and most of the cars we see here are in the
luxury class. Road improvements have left it just off the main road today.
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Richmond, the Hospital 1913 (ref. 65474) | Rose Cottage (left), a handsome Gothick Revival villa on the corner of Queens Road and Quaker Lane, was extended and
converted into the Victoria Cottage Hospital in 1899. Closing a century later, it is now a funeral parlour. The Victorian
photographer Joseph Raine built the pair of houses on the right, set above the raised pavement which continues along
Quaker Lane.
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Richmond, King Street c1960 (ref. R32054) | We are looking north
towards Friary Gardens and
Queens Road across the
roundabout at the junction
with Victoria Road. King
Street became one-way for
outbound traffic in 1994.
Grey Friars Café (left) was
built in 1889 as Cocoa
Rooms by the Countess of
Zetland, a staunch advocate
of temperance.
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Richmond, Station Bridge 1892 (ref. 30660) | The bridge was constructed to give road access to the railway station built on the St Martin's
side of the river in 1846; it was designed in the same Gothic Revival architectural style, and
the parapet pinnacles carried gaslights. Known locally as Station Bridge, it was renamed
Mercury Bridge in 1975 in honour of the emblem of the 8th Signals Regiment, which has the
Freedom of Richmond. The bridge was severely damaged by a major flood in 2000 and had
to be rebuilt. The boy is lying on the grassy riverside bank known as the Batts.
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Richmond, St Mary's Church interior 1923 (ref. 74353) | The loftiness results from Scott's restoration. His are the Victorian pews, but side
galleries had been removed in 1921. The regimental colours are those of the Green
Howards, whose chapel is here. The Victorian reredos has been replaced by one
designed as a Second World War memorial. Also in the chancel are early 16th-
century choir stalls with misericords retrieved from Easby Abbey at the Dissolution.
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Richmond, the Falls c1960 (ref. R32044) | This photograph shows the
remains of the weir added across
the top of the waterfall to increase
the power to the nearby Castle
Mill, which was extended by the
paper maker James Cooke in
1865. A great flood destroyed the
paper mill on 29 January 1883,
and without maintenance the weir
deteriorated. In 1972 Richmond
Borough Council rebuilt half of
the weir in their part of the River
Swale; the rest beyond the Borough
boundary was never completed.
The Batts was opened up, and the
riverside area was improved as a
leisure attraction, which the falls
already were, as we can see in this
summer view.
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Richmond, from River 1923 (ref. 74348) | Some women artists paint the view of Richmond from across the River Swale. In the left distance
can be seen smoke rising from the gasworks beside the falls. Richmond had one of the earliest
gasworks in Europe, built in 1820 to provide street lighting for the fashionable Georgian town.
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Richmond, from Terrace 1898 (ref. 41641) | The Terrace,
another Georgian
promenade, offers
a spectacular
panorama of the
town. On the right
is St Mary's parish
church, in the
centre the Grammar
School, and to the
left Church Mill,
demolished in
1969, the last of
many Richmond
watermills once
powered by the
River Swale.
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Richmond, the Castle and the Bridge 1893 (ref. 32275) | Two children enjoy
the riverside, as
many still do today.
The Green Bridge,
named because of
its proximity to the
Green, was built
1788-89 to a design
by the North Riding
bridgemaster, York
architect John Carr,
after its medieval
predecessor was badly
damaged by a great
flood in 1771.
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Richmond, Arthur's Oven 1913 (ref. 65471) | Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to
limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle. This cave near
Round Howe is known as Arthur's Oven; perhaps the name alludes to the legend that King Arthur
and his Knights of the Round Table sleep in a vast cavern below the keep of Richmond Castle.
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Richmond, from west 1908 (ref. 59491) | Taken from Billy
Banks Wood south
of the Swale, this
distant view shows
the defensive site of
Richmond Castle,
and the town clinging
precariously - and
picturesquely - to
the hillside, and also
Castle Walk. In the
centre is a terrace
called Cornforth Hill.
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Richmond, Castle and Bridge 1923 (ref. 74350) | Children play in the
River Swale when it is
very low after a summer
drought, but it is a very
treacherous river which
rises very quickly if heavy
rain falls in Swaledale, and
it has claimed many lives
over the centuries.
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