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Posts Tagged ‘lavatrae’

10 Mar 2014

On the Banks of the River Greta

Filed under: County Durham Border

Distance: 10-11 miles Map : OS Explorer OL31 (North Pennines – Teesdale and Weardale) Start: Village Hall Car Park at East end of Bowes (GR NY996134) Click to View Start Position on Google Maps It’s a fair bet that if you asked the general Co Durham public the whereabouts of the River Greta most of […]

10 March, 2014 at 14:09 by Russ

Tags: bowes, Bowes Tragedy, brigantes, Brignall Mill, dickens, gilmonby, lavatrae, pack horse bridge
Posted in County Durham Border | No Comments »

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