 The town of Richmond as seen from the top of the keep of Richmond Castle Richmond is a market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, UK and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. Situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is a popular tourist destination. The town was founded in 1071 by the Norman, Alan Rufus, on lands granted to him by William the Conqueror. Richmond Castle, completed in 1086, consisted of a keep with walls encompassing the area now known as the Market Place. The prosperity of the medieval market town and centre of the Swaledale wool industry greatly increased in the late 17th and 18th centuries with the burgeoning lead mining in nearby Arkengarthdale. It is from this period that the town's attractive Georgian architecture originates, the most notable examples of which are to be found on Newbiggin and in Frenchgate. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ...
Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire in England. ...
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ...
Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ...
The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ...
Yorkshire and The Humber is one of the regions of England. ...
Constituent country is an official term used to describe three of the four principal component parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): England; Scotland; Wales. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004...
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Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ...
The traditional counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England into around forty areas, which were used for both administrative and general geographical demarcation for several hundreds of years. ...
Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ...
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North Yorkshire Police is the police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. ...
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Richmond, North Yorkshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. ...
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The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ...
The River Swale is a river in Yorkshire, England and a major tributary of the River Ure, which itself becomes the River Ouse, emptying into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. ...
Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ...
Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire in England. ...
A village in the Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales lie in an area of high ground in North and West Yorkshire, England. ...
Swaledale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in England. ...
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Richmond is also home to the Georgian Theatre, originally founded in 1788 by the actor, Samuel Butler. Although the decline in the fortunes of theatre led to its closure in 1848, the Georgian Theatre was restored and reopened in 1963, with a theatre museum added in 1979. More recently, the theatre has become the Georgian Theatre Royal and was extended in 2003. Richmond Castle situated in the town centre overlooking the River Swale is a major tourist attraction. Based in the old Trinity Church in the centre of the town's market place is the regimental museum of The Green Howards. The 12th century Keep is 100 feet high The Castle walls and towers seen from the Keep Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England, stands in a breathtaking position above the River Swale and close to the centre of the town of Richmond. ...
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Waless Own Yorkshire Regiment) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Kings Division. ...
The town of Richemont in Normandy (now in the Seine-Maritime département, Haute-Normandie region) was the origin of the name Richmond. This Richmond was the eponymous fief of the Earls of Richmond (or comtes de Richemont), a dignity normally also held by the Duke of Brittany from 1136 to 1399. The constitutional ambiguity of Dukes of Brittany as vassals of both France (in right of Brittany) and England (in right of Richmond) was the source of much tension in Breton history, particularly during the great Breton War of Succession. Richmond was also the first title held by John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, who began the House of Lancaster. Richmond was held perpetually by those with Lancastrian titles, until the 17th century when the Duke of Richmond was from the Lennox line in the Royal House of Stuart, also whose titles were linked intrinsically with the Auld Alliance. When this branch became extinct, the title was reconferred on an illegitimate son of Charles II, whose descendants continue to hold the title. Download high resolution version (487x650, 30 KB)Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, England, seen from Millgate. ...
Download high resolution version (487x650, 30 KB)Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, England, seen from Millgate. ...
Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, seen from the top of Frenchgate. ...
Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, seen from the top of Frenchgate. ...
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Seine-Maritime is a French département in Normandy. ...
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The title of Earl of Richmond was created many times in the Peerage of England. ...
The Duke of Brittany (French: Duc de Bretagne) governed Brittany, a region with strong traditions of independence, including a language and a distinctive culture. ...
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The title Duke of Richmond has been created several times in the Peerage of England. ...
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Richmond has been used as a filming location for a significant number of TV programmes & films including The Fast Show, Harry, Century Falls and All Creatures Great and Small amongst others. The Fast Show was a BBC comedy sketch show programme which ran for four series from 1994 to 2000, starring Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and Caroline Aherne (1994-1997). ...
Century Falls is a British science-fiction television serial for children broadcast in six twenty-five minute episodes on BBC One in early 1993. ...
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Fresh Radio, the local radio station for the Yorkshire Dales, broadcasts programmes from studios in Richmond. Fresh Radio is an independent local radio station broadcasting to the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. ...
A village in the Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales lie in an area of high ground in North and West Yorkshire, England. ...
There have been many places around the world named Richmond after the town. See Richmond (disambiguation) for a list. Richmond may refer to multiple entities. ...
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Brompton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, three miles east of Richmond. ...
Map sources for Catterick, North Yorkshire at grid reference SE2497 The village dates back to Roman times, when Cataractonium was a Roman fort protecting the crossing of the Great North Road over the River Swale. ...
Map sources for Catterick Garrison at grid reference SE2497 Catterick Garrison is a major Army base located in North Yorkshire in England. ...
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Leyburn is a small market town in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom on the northern bank of the river Ure in Wensleydale. ...
Reeth is a small town in Yorkshire Dales where you are all fattys and will die Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England and principal settlement of Swaledale. ...
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