This lies alongside the A 67 through the town a bit closer to the centre than the Boer War Memorial:-

Gate to garden:-

Stone in memory of the crew of Blackburn Botha L6416, “lost in these hills 22/8/1941.”:-

Stone in memory of the crew of Meteor NF11 WD 778 of RAF Leeming. “Lost in these hills 24/3/1954.”:-

Stone dedicated to the aircrews of all nations who lost their lives while serving with the RAF and Air Transport Auxiliary:-

“To remember all those of the Merchant Navy who died in war and peace.”:-

Since 1916, 47 RFC or RAF aircraft have been lost in flying accidents in Teesdale and the Western Pennines. Plaques in remebrance of Bill and Lella Eden founder members of the memorial garden and another to Squadron Leader Roger M Matthews, RAF, killed in a flying accident nearby on 6/8/1981.

Prior to September last year we hadn’t actually managed to get inside the castle after which the town of Barnard Castle is named. But then we finally maaged.

Entrance from inside:-

The castle as it was:-

The Castle was divided into two main Wards, the Town Ward and the Outer Ward, with a smaller Inner Ward and Mid Ward towards the west.

Building on eastern perimeter, part of TownWard:-

Inner Ward from internal pathway:-

Part of Outer Ward:-

Middleton-in-Teesdale’s War Memorial lies beside the main road through the towm in a smallish memorial garden.

It takes the form of an obelisk surmounting a square column and stepped plinth and is inscribed, “The glorious dead who fell in the Great War 1914-1918,” with the names of the dead below and at the bottom, “Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends”:-

To one side is the Second World War dedication, “Our glorious dead who fell in the World War 1939-1945” and names of the fallen:-

A third side has the dedication, “Also in memory of those who died from the effecxts of war service”:-

Anothewr the inscription, “Erected in grateful memory of the fallen and in honour of those who served by the ihabitants of Middleton-in-Teesdale, 1921”:-

Great War names:-

Middleton-in-Teesdale is a market town in ….. Teesdale, County Durham, England.

As its name suggests it stands by the River Tees.

This bridge over the Tees is on the east/south approach to the town:-

River looking east from the bridge:-

Looking west:-

This Coop in the town has deco touches. (Stitch of two photos. The buildi ng isn’t really curved):-

For the exterior of St Romald’s see this post.

That large stained glass window as seen from inside the church:-

Chancel:-

Chancel floor:-

Font:-

Painting behind font. G R, ie Georgus Rex. That would be George I of Great Britain (and Ireland):-

Effigy on the tomb of Hugh Fitz Henry, Lord of Bedale, Ravensworth and Cotherstone:-

Devil’s door – bricked up to keep the devil out!:-

Remnant of Saxon Church:-

Thee are three separate ceilings in the chuch:-

Vaulted Ceiling:-

There didn’t seem to be a War Memorial for Romaldkirk in the open air.

However there was one inside St Romald’s church.

A wooden panel surmounted by, “For God, King and Country” containing names for both World Wars. Below the panel is inscribed, “Father in thy gracious keeping, leave these thy servants sleeping”:-

In the upper sections of the cross is inscribed, “Greater love hath no man than this”:-

Also in the Church was this Roll of Honour of those on active service:-

Romaldkirk is a village in Teesdale, England. We visited it as the good lady had seen an article in the newspaper saying what a nice wee place it was and that it had a good pub for a meal.

It is quite picturesque; a fairly typical English village with a green.

Its most interesting building is the church, St Romald’s, parts of which date back to Saxon times:-

I must confess I hadn’t heard of St Romald. Neither it seeems has the internet – at least on the first page if you search for St Romald. I did find this Teesdale Mercury article on page 2. It dates from 1882 and it seems there are three claimants to the title.

Church’s stained glass window from outside:-

Church tower:-

Rear of church:-

Another angle:-

Church Tower from inn:-

There were in fact two pubs/inns in the village. To have lunch we went into the one mentioned in the newspaper article. We both opted for the mushroom soup.

Mistake. The soup was so seasoned it ought to have been described as pepper (as in salt and pepper) soup. A great disappointment. As was the bread slice which came along with the soup. That was so aerated it ought to have been called holey bread.

Chollerton is a village in Northumberland.

Its simple cross on square plinth War Memorial lies in a walled inset off the road by a corner.

Names:-

For a lot of its course the B 6318 runs parallel to Hadrian’s Wall. I assume it follows the old Roman Road that must have run east-west south of the wall. (Parts of the B 6318 are very straight indeed.)

Many remnants of the wall remain and can be seen from the road. They look more substantial in real life than in the photos. Pictures taken from the passenger side:-

At Housesteads Fort many boards supply information about the fort and its life.

The wall arrives:-

Fort Entrance:-

Headquarters building:-

The commanding officer’s house:-

On eof the problems at Housesteads was the water supply. The fort is built on the crest of a hill with no nearby water source. They had to make do with rain water or cart water from a stream fairly far off.

Food was less of a problem:-

Bread for the troops:-

Mediterranean style:-

Changes over the years:-

The vicus. Buildings outside the fort:-