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High Street, NORTHALLERTON, DL7 8ED

A view of the east side of "north end" (that part of the High Street north of the church). The Standard pub has a sign Image linking its name to "The Battle of the Standard" though I don't recall that from my days of drinking here in 1970.

The Battle of the Standard took place on 22nd August 1138 at a site north of Northallerton; see:Image

One piece of old wall left standing at the southern end of what is now Sainsbury's car park in the "north end" of Northallerton. I am curious as to the value of including brick courses amongst the cobbles. It could be that the wall was built in stages and the brick courses were to ensure it was built level. John Webb adds (though this is not a flint-based wall): "The brickwork is included to strengthen the wall and link through from one side to the other. Flint-based walls need this strengthening to ensure they stand upright, as basically they are a heap of stones being held together by mortar - usually lime mortar rather than more modern cement."

Located at the far north end of the High Street near to the Low Gates level crossing on land that was once the railway marshalling yards.

Opened in 1852 by the Leeds Northern Railway, soon to become part of the North Eastern Railway, on the line from Leeds to Middlesbrough, this short-lived station closed in 1856 when trains were diverted into the current station. View south west from Low Gates level-crossing towards the junction with the East Coast Main Line and the location of the current station.

The DMU is Class 185 number 185 103. On the left hand edge of the image is an OS flush bracket fixed in the bridge parapet with an EA bolt in the pavement just to its right Image

A familiar sight at this busy crossing on the Northallerton to Middlesbrough line.

Low Gates signal box is adjacent to the A167 where the railway crosses that road by a level crossing - the barrier for the crossing can be seen at the right side of the image. The photograph was taken from the bridge over the North Beck. The north-eastern parapet of the bridge cuts across the centre of the image; it has OS flush bracket number 2158 at the left edge.

Taken from the narrow footbridge. To the right before the crossing there used to be a goods yard with raised coal depositing lines where lorries could load up beneath the wagons.

This Ordnance Survey 1GL bolt benchmark which is described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm26133 was cut during the levelling of the Selby to Newcastle-upon-Tyne line during 1842-1845.