BARNARD CASTLE | 4K Narrated Walking Tour | Let's Walk 2021

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  • Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
  • Join me for a walk around the delightful town centre of Barnard Castle, one of the most historic in County Durham, home to a collection of spectacular landmarks from centuries-old castle ruins to one of the country's largest museums!
    On our walk around Barnard Castle, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including the ruins of Barnard Castle, Barnard Castle Methodist Church, Galgate, The Three Horseshoes Hotel, the former home of Roderick Murchison, Barnard Castle Town Fountain, Horse Market, Market Place, The Witham, The Golden Lion pub, the former site of Humphrey's Clockmakers, the old King's Head (where Charles Dickens stayed in 1838), the Butter Market, St. Mary's Church, St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Bowes Museum.
    Thank you so much to the following sites for their help in my research of Barnard Castle:
    www.english-heritage.org.uk/v...
    www.barnardcastlelife.co.uk/in...
    www.stmarysbarnardcastle.org.... (one of the best church history websites out there!)
    www.keystothepast.info/article...
    englandsnortheast.co.uk/barna...
    www.barnardcastleauctionmart....
    historicengland.org.uk/servic...
    www.britainexpress.com/counti...
    www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/Abo...
    0:00 The ruins of Barnard Castle
    3:27 Scar Top
    3:50 Barnard Castle Methodist Church
    4:12 Galgate
    4:44 The Three Horseshoes Hotel
    4:57 Galgate
    5:27 Former house of Roderick Murchison
    5:59 Galgate
    6:42 Barnard Castle Town Fountain
    7:11 Galgate
    8:04 Horse Market
    8:59 Market Place
    9:23 The Witham
    10:00 Market Place
    10:08 The Golden Lion (oldest pub in Barnard Castle)
    10:29 Market Place
    11:22 Former home of Humphrey's Clockmakers
    11:40 The old King's Head, where Charles Dickens stayed in 1838
    12:13 Market Place
    12:19 Butter Market
    13:03 View of The Bank and St. Mary's Church from Butter Market
    13:14 Butter Market
    13:31 Market Place
    13:39 St. Mary's Church
    14:27 Butter Market
    14:48 St. Mary's Church
    16:17 Alley from churchyard to Newgate
    16:34 Newgate
    19:01 St. Mary's Catholic Church
    19:31 Newgate
    20:54 The Bowes Museum
    21:52 Thank you for watching!
    Stats for nerds:
    Distance walked: 1 mile/1.6km
    Step count: 2000 steps (approx.)
    Time taken: 21 mins 25 secs
    Average speed: 2.8mph/4.5kmh
    Please do not use any footage from this video without my permission.

Комментарии • 28

  • @LetsWalkUK
    @LetsWalkUK  2 года назад +4

    🎤 To watch with subtitles, please click the 'CC' button on your RUclips video player :)
    Good evening! And welcome to this walk around one of Britain's loveliest market towns, the once little-known Barnard Castle! Home to centuries of captivating history, there's so much to this enthralling town that's worthy of making headlines, and we'll dive into it all on this tour of the town on a cloudy morning.
    One important correction to make in the narration - Barnard Castle is located west of Darlington, not to the east as I accidentally said at 4:07 - apologies for the error!
    Interestingly, there are a couple more interesting things to know about the town, particularly about its name. It's one of the few towns in England with the word 'castle' in its name, and its nickname 'Barney', derives from the phrase 'Barney Castle', a local phrase meaning 'a pathetic excuse'. Apparently, the phrase originates from the fact that John Bowes once retreated cowardly into the castle...

  • @dollsewer448
    @dollsewer448 2 года назад +5

    So glad I found this!!Just thought I would search and saw this was just posted 👍🏻👍🏻My 103 year old grandma was born and raised and married in Barnard Castle.

    • @bigt9353
      @bigt9353 2 года назад

      Does she have any relation to the Bowes?? we may be distantly related! My ancestors were all born in Barnard castle, Streatlam castle and Durham castle

    • @bettygitzke4131
      @bettygitzke4131 Год назад

      Wow, my family history starts here.

  • @joeh9527
    @joeh9527 4 месяца назад

    Lovely video of a lovely place👍

  • @michellebruce5092
    @michellebruce5092 2 года назад +2

    Awesome live walk at Barnard castle I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon have a great day greetings from Canada 😀

  • @thetravellerflora
    @thetravellerflora 2 года назад +1

    Lovely to know about the interesting history of Barnard Castle, the view of the town centre is amazing!

  • @angusmacpherson3252
    @angusmacpherson3252 2 года назад +8

    Should have gone to ... Specsavers. Sorry folks... but it had to be done. 😎

    • @hellie_el
      @hellie_el 2 года назад +4

      it’s what we were all thinking. :)

    • @Ionabrodie69
      @Ionabrodie69 2 года назад +1

      That man is an insult to Barney..😡

  • @bettygitzke4131
    @bettygitzke4131 Год назад

    This is where my Family came from.

  • @stefaniabruno3888
    @stefaniabruno3888 10 месяцев назад

    Ty, very interesting. I’ll be there on December 2022. I hope it will not so cold!

  • @davyjones844
    @davyjones844 2 года назад +1

    A Nice Travel Guide Video 😃

  • @caroldave4037
    @caroldave4037 2 года назад

    As a locally born 'weardale'...pBarny as we used to call it was our sunday night trip over for fish n chips...cracking vid...👍

  • @Tokyowalkin
    @Tokyowalkin 2 года назад

    Nice walking tour. Thank you for sharing.

  • @honeylacecookie
    @honeylacecookie Год назад

    Just found out this was where my 5th great grandmother was born. Mary Kipling

  • @lostinchineseroom
    @lostinchineseroom 2 года назад

    thanks!

  • @martinburke362
    @martinburke362 2 года назад +1

    Belting chippy in Barnard Castle, when i was there delivering up there last year, got fish n chips best I've ever had

    • @kensearle4451
      @kensearle4451 2 года назад

      You remember the name? I work near here.

    • @martinburke362
      @martinburke362 2 года назад +1

      @@kensearle4451 it was called fryer tucks cooked in dripping, delicious

  • @idatipping2428
    @idatipping2428 2 года назад +1

    Very good as always,
    Thank you
    What about the Masonic building?
    First time I’ve spotted one in your videos and in my many trips around England

  • @alex_theaviation2995
    @alex_theaviation2995 2 года назад

    It is such a great place to visit. I went there about 2 months ago it was very quiet interesting place to visit in Yorkshire. 😀

  • @mikeswift6713
    @mikeswift6713 2 года назад

    Interesting video again.
    I visited Bowes Museum in 1972 while courting my wife to be when it was still in Yorkshire, where it had been for centuries and to all true Tykes still is despite what Ted Heath decided in 1974.

    • @ianmacdonald1956
      @ianmacdonald1956 2 года назад +1

      Mike, I was born in startforth over 70 years ago and the boundary for Yorkshire/Durham was the river. Startforth being in Yorkshire and Barney in Durham.
      Even to this day Startforth church comes under the Ripon Diocese, which of course is in Yorkshire.
      Please correct me if I am wrong. I do know that the castle was once owned by Richard 111 who was a Yorkist.

    • @Ionabrodie69
      @Ionabrodie69 2 года назад

      The castle itself has been owned by MANY. from the 9th Century onwards ..but it passed from Henry Beauchamp in or around 1460..to his Sister, Anne 16th Countess of Warwick.. wife of Richard Warwick, the Kingmaker.. .his daughter ( also Anne ) married Richard lll .and the castle passed to him on the death of the Kingmaker at the Battle of Barnet… I live about 12 miles from Barney and worked there at Artisan aka The Castle tearooms ( an upscale gift shop 😂) .And yes I’m a history buff and Ricardian.. 😂🇬🇧

    • @MrDogbog
      @MrDogbog 2 года назад +2

      I have lived in Barnard Castle for 73 years, and as far as I know, it has been in County Durham for centuries. North Yorkshire was just over the River Tees until the seventies when boundary changes expanded County Durham into North Yorkshire.

    • @mikeswift6713
      @mikeswift6713 2 года назад +1

      @@MrDogbog
      We are both correct.
      I’ve looked at several maps I have of Yorkshire pre 1974 and Barnard Castle was indeed never in Yorkshire.
      Bowes though was certainly in the North Riding, as were Startforth, Catherstone, Romaldkirk, Mickleton, Lonton and Holwick.
      These were near the border of a part of the North Riding jutting into County Durham which were shown on a map of 1820.