In the centre of Barnard Castle stands an octagonal building, the ‘Butter Market’, built by Thomas Breaks and given to the town in 1747.
The name "Butter mart" derives from the fact that farmer's wives sold dairy produce on the ground floor, which protected both the women and the produce from sunshine and rain!
This building has been used for several purposes over the centuries, such as a court house on the upper floor and even a fire station.
Two bullet holes in the weather vane are reputed to be the result of a shooting competition between a volunteer soldier and a local gamekeeper in 1804.
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In the centre of Barnard Castle stands an octagonal building, the ‘Butter Market’, built by Thomas Breaks and given to the town in 1747.
The name "Butter mart" derives from the fact that farmer's wives sold dairy produce on the ground floor, which protected both the women and the produce from sunshine and rain!
This building has been used for several purposes over the centuries, such as a court house on the upper floor and even a fire station.
Two bullet holes in the weather vane are reputed to be the result of a shooting competition between a volunteer soldier and a local gamekeeper in 1804.
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shop front of Master Humphrey's Clock shop, in Barnard Castle, where novelist Charles Dickens stayed on Feb 2nd and 3rd 1838, while collecting material in nearby Bowes for his novel Nicholas Nickleby. The shop and clock gave the title for a magazine edited and owned by Dickens
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shop front of Master Humphrey's Clock shop, in Barnard Castle, where novelist Charles Dickens stayed on Feb 2nd and 3rd 1838, while collecting material in nearby Bowes for his novel Nicholas Nickleby. The shop and clock gave the title for a magazine edited and owned by Dickens
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The Teesdale Mercury is a family-owned rural weekly newspaper in Barnard Castle which has been published since 1854
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teesdale_Mercury
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