Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle est une ville du comté de Durham, en Angleterre. Elle est située sur la rive nord de la Tees, face au village de Startforth. Au moment du recensement de 2011, elle comptait 5 495 habitants.

1. Géographie


1. Histoire

La ville doit son nom au château de Barnard, autour duquel elle s'est développée. Le HMS Zetland est parrainé par la communauté civile de Barnard Castle pendant la campagne nationale du Warship Week (semaine des navires de guerre) en mars 1942. Il est un destroyer de classe Hunt de type II, construit pour la Royal Navy.

1. Personnalités liées à la ville

Jane Drew (1886-1953), architecte, y est morte ; Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993), historien et essayiste, y est né ; Karen Straker-Dixon (1964-), cavalière de concours complet, y est née.

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1. = Articles connexes =

Bowes Museum, musée d'art situé à Barnard Castle ; Famille de Bailleul, famille avec un lien fort avec la ville.

1. = Liens externes =

Portail de l’Angleterre

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Wycliffe, County Durham

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Ovington, County Durham

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Staindrop

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Copley, County Durham

Copley is a village of roughly 400 inhabitants in County Durham, England. It is situated 9 miles west of Bishop Auckland, and 6 miles from Barnard Castle. It has a rural setting close to the North Pennines area. The lower part of the village by the River Gaunless still retains the original chimney and some of the buildings from the old Gaunless Valley Lead Mill. Copley has its own weather station run by the Met Office and Environment Agency. Because of its elevation above sea-level, around the 1,000 ft contour, and position in the north-east, this station is often one of the coldest in England with high incidences of ground frosts and snowfalls. Copley is in a relatively dry and sunny rain-shadow area in the shelter of the higher Pennines to the west. The same higher Pennines can create a local gusty effect if the wind blows from the west-south-west. This is called the Pennine Lee Wave and can appear suddenly and disappear just as quickly. Copley has the distinction of the snowiest Met Office site in England and the 5th snowiest in the UK. The North Pennines are one of the snowiest parts of England and Copley Village sees snow falling on average 53 days each year. It is just east of the North Pennines AONB, home to one of only a handful of outdoor ski centres in England. Copley has a village hall which is part of the Teesdale Village Halls' Consortium. No shops or public houses operate in the village.

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