Fighting Cocks
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Fighting Cocks by Hugh Mortimer as part of the Geograph project.
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Fighting Cocks
Image: © Hugh Mortimer Taken: 22 Mar 2006
The Fighting Cocks lies on the intersection of two ancient routes. The first running north/south is the Roman road of Rykenild Street which joined Humberside to Newcastle and crossed the River Tees a mile to the south. The second route is an old drovers road running from Carlisle to Yarm. In 1825 the Fighting Cocks Inn became the booking office of the Stockton to Darlington Railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.521675
Longitude
-1.473463
