Richmond buildings [1]
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Richmond buildings [1]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 18 Jun 2022
The Eleanor Bowes Hospital, number 8 Anchorage Hill, is an almshouse founded in 1607 for three widows. The building incorporating the remains of the 12th century chapel to St Edmund the King. Constructed of rubble stone with ashlar buttresses under a stone slate roof. There is a blocked 14th century window with ogee tracery in the east gable end. Inside is an early 17th century fireplace. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1289900 Richmond is a picturesque market town in North Yorkshire, some 13 miles northwest of Northallerton and about 11½ miles southwest of Darlington. Set on the north bank of the River Swale, the town is on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and is marketed as the Gateway to the Dales. Richmond was founded in 1071 and the castle was completed in 1086. Tourism is important to the local economy, as is the influence of the nearby Catterick Garrison army base. A traditional market operates every Saturday in the large cobbled marketplace.
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