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The station was once part of the Eryholme-Richmond branch line, built by the York and Newcastle Railway in 1846. Like most of the infrastructure of the line, Catterick Bridge station was built in the Tudor Style. On 4 February 1944, an ammunition train exploded in the station whist it was being loaded by four Army Privates. In all twelve people ...
Catterick Bridge is a hamlet about 1-mile (1.6 km) north of Catterick, at the south end of Catterick road bridge. The hamlet includes Catterick Racecourse and a few houses. The Sunday market, held at the racecourse, was once the largest of its kind in Northern England. [1] After declining fortunes, the market closed in 2016. [2] [3]
Catterick Bridge explosion graves. 15 September 1917 – at around 4:00 am, 500 men of the Scots Guards were boarding a train at Catterick Camp Centre when the engine was uncoupled to run around the train. The brakes had not been applied properly, and several coaches ran down a gradient towards Catterick Bridge from Catterick Camp Centre.
Catterick (/ ˈ k æ t ər ɪ k /) is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north-west of the county town of Northallerton just to the west of the River Swale.
The bridge, in 2009. Catterick Bridge is a historic bridge over the River Swale in North Yorkshire, in England. The bridge was constructed between 1421 and 1425, with funding from William de Burgh and seven other local nobles. In 1505, St Anne's bridge chapel was built to the east of the south end of the bridge. The southern pillar of the ...
Catterick Bridge, a hamlet and bridge in North Yorkshire; Catterick Bridge railway station, formerly in Brompton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire; Catterick Garrison, British Army garrison near Catterick village in North Yorkshire RAF Catterick, former Royal Air Force base in North Yorkshire; Catterick, Western Australia, a locality in Western Australia
Pages in category "People from Catterick, North Yorkshire" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Catterick Bridge Explosion occurred on 4 February 1944 in the railway sidings at Catterick Bridge station, on the Richmond Branch Line/Catterick Camp Railway in North Yorkshire, England. It killed twelve people and injured more than a hundred.