Tom Browns House, Yarm

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After covering his birth and death. Heres a final post on his house in Yarm.

Tom Browns House, Yarm

Although the current frontage is more modern, underneath is said to be a 15th Century timber structure from the Inn

Tom Browns House, Yarm

Much more detail, including a photograph of the Inn sign can be found on Bob’s Home For Writing.

Bortner Jeweller Ghostsign – Redcar

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This old ghostsign had stood high and dry for decades on Dundas Street.
Bortner old painted sign, Redcar
Sadly in the last few days its been painted over rather than the owner of the building thinking to preserve it, personally I think it would have been a nice talking point to repaint it.

Tom Browns Grave, Yarm

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I have previously covered Tom Browns Tree which marks his 1705 birthplace, so today his grave which is a replica of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone that was presented by the Queen’s Own Hussars in 1968.
Tom Browns Grave, Yarm
As previously mentioned he is known for his role in the Battle of Dettingen which took place on 27th June 1743 in Bavaria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
His regiments standard was captured and while recovering it he received terrible injuries to his face including his nose being cut off. He is said to have been given a silver nose by King George II.
tombrown
He retired to Yarm with a pension of 30 shillings from the King, as two shots from the battle could not be safely removed from his back, he died there in 1746.

Dominican Friary Wall, Yarm

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A Dominican Friary (“Black Friars”) existed in Yarm from some time before 1266 until the Dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539 Friary Wall, Yarm
This boundary wall remains.
Friary Wall, Yarm

Hope House, Yarm

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Hope House is thought to be one of the oldest buildings in Yarm, dating from the late 16th or early 17th century.
Hope House, Yarm
It was originally larger, but part of it was destroyed to make way for the railway viaduct.
Hope House, Yarm

Yarm Viaduct

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The 690m long, 43 arch, Yarm Viaduct was built at a cost of £44,500 between 1848 and its official opening on 15th May 1852.
Yarm Viaduct
It contains over 7.5 millions brick and was built to extend the Leeds and Thirsk Railway from Northallerton to Stockton and Hartlepool when it became known as the Leeds Northern Railway.
Yarm Viaduct

The carved plaque records the Engineers Thomas Grainger and John Bourne.
Superintendent Joseph Dixon
Contractors Trowsdale, Jackson and Garbutt. 1849

Yarm Castle

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Yarm Castle is actually a model in someones front garden, theres also a model of the Town Hall towards the rear.
Yarm Castle
Yarm Castle
Yarm Castle
It was built by David Doughty who lived in Commondale House in the 1880s and has individual windows originally lit by gas light. The Town Hall was added by his son Henry Doughty.