Yarm 1881 Flood Marker

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Yarms position in the bend of the River Tees made it vulnerable to flooding, this marker on the Town Hall shows the height of the March 10th 1881 flood waters.
Yarm Flood 1881#
There is a second higher marker for September 17th 1771, although this is currently hidden by a wooden panel in the doorway.

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.

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.

Yarm South African Wars Plaque

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This plaque commemorates the 8 local men who served in what is now known as the Second Boer War between 1899–1902

Yarm South African Wars Plaque

1st P.W.O. 19th Yorkshire Regiment:
Corp. George Temple Todd
Pte. Thomas William Baldridge
Pte. Matthew Henry Dawson
Pte. Albert Vickers Wilson
Pte. Henry Thomas Fisher

Imperial Yeomanry:
Tpr. Edward Holt
Tpr. Hereward Sadler

also Pte. Owen O’Shaughnessey, 3rd P.W.O. Yorkshire Regt. who was killed at the Battle of Paardeberg, Feb. 18th, 1900.