# Catterick Bridge

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{{Short description|Bridge and hamlet in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{for|the road bridge|Catterick Bridge (bridge)}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Catterick Bridge
| country                  = England
| unitary_england          = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire_(district))
| lieutenancy_england      = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire) 
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| population               =
| os_grid_reference        = SE227992
| coordinates              = {{coord|54|23|19|N|1|38|58|W|display=inline,title}}
| label_position           = left
| post_town                = Richmond
| postcode_area            = DL
| postcode_district        = DL10
| dial_code                = 
| constituency_westminster = 
| civil_parish             = [Brough with St Giles](/source/Brough_with_St_Giles)
}}
'''Catterick Bridge''' is a hamlet about {{convert|1|mi|adj=on}} north of [Catterick](/source/Catterick%2C_North_Yorkshire), at the south end of [Catterick road bridge](/source/Catterick_Bridge_(bridge)).

The hamlet includes [Catterick Racecourse](/source/Catterick_Racecourse) and a few houses. The Sunday market, held at the racecourse, was once the largest of its kind in [Northern England](/source/Northern_England).<ref>{{cite web|title=Catterick Sunday Market|url=http://www.cattericksundaymarket.co.uk/|accessdate=10 December 2007|archive-date=14 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114012509/http://www.cattericksundaymarket.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After declining fortunes, the market closed in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catterick Sunday Market is struggling but will continue, organisers say|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14246346.catterick-sunday-market-struggling-will-continue-organisers-say/|access-date=19 April 2021|website=The Northern Echo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Willis|first=Joe|date=9 May 2017|title=Meet Mark the Meat Man|url=https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/meet-mark-meat-man/|access-date=19 April 2021|website=Richmondshire Today}}</ref>

The former [Bridge House Hotel](/source/Bridge_House_Hotel) currently stands derelict after a fire destroyed a vast majority of the [Grade II listed](/source/Grade_II_listed) building<ref>{{NHLE|num=1318300|accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref> in 2014. There had been a [coaching inn](/source/coaching_inn) at this site since at least the 16th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catterick hotel destroyed by fire|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11007346.catterick-hotel-destroyed-fire/|access-date=19 April 2021|website=The Northern Echo}}</ref> After several attempts to auction the property, it was removed from the market, in October 2020, due to lack of interest.<ref>{{cite web|last=Willis|first=Joe|date=30 October 2020|title=Fire-damaged landmark hotel removed from auction due to lack of interest|url=https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/fire-damaged-landmark-hotel-removed-from-auction-due-to-lack-of-interest/|access-date=19 April 2021|website=Richmondshire Today}}</ref>

[Charles Macintosh](/source/Charles_Macintosh), the inventor of the [Mackintosh raincoat](/source/Mackintosh_raincoat), [Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Beresford%2C_1st_Baronet) and [William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford](/source/William_Beresford%2C_1st_Viscount_Beresford) were educated at Catterick Bridge.<ref>J. K. Laughton, 'Beresford, Sir John Poo, first baronet (1766–1844)', rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2197, accessed 30 April 2011]</ref><ref>Gordon L. Teffeteller, 'Beresford, William Carr, Viscount Beresford (1768–1854)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2199, accessed 30 April 2011]</ref>

==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Brough with St Giles](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Brough_with_St_Giles)

[[File:Catterick Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|The old Catterick Bridge across the [River Swale](/source/River_Swale)]]
[[File:CatterickRailwayBridge.jpg|thumb|right|The Catterick rail bridge over the [River Swale](/source/River_Swale)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire
Category:Swaledale
Category:Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire

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