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©Paul Buckingham
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©Paul Buckingham
Dist:0.2km<br/>Simple stone built church dating from 1838. The church was built at the expense of Henry Collingwood Blackett of Sockburn Hall on the other side of the river. He had ordered the demolition of the original Sockburn church to create a 'romantic ruin' in the grounds of his house, and provided worshippers with this new church instead.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.2km<br/>The hamlet of Girsby in North Yorkshire overlooks the Sockburn Peninsula on the River Tees. The Teesdale Way public footpath crosses the River Tees on a bridge obscured by trees.
©mark harrington
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©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.3km<br/>View of Girsby church from the bridge in the valley.
©Antonia
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©peter robinson
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Tees River from Girsby Bridge.
©Antonia
Dist:0.4km<br/>The metal bridge of 1870 crosses the Tees below Girsby to link North Yorkshire [North Riding] with County Durham.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.4km<br/>A useful bridleway bridge over the River Tees, linking Girsby with the Sockburn peninsula. For the full story of this bridge,see [[1342963]]. High Sockburn [[NZ3408]] can be seen on the skyline.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>A useful bridleway bridge over the Tees. Girsby village stands at the top of the steep bank.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>This metal bridge was constructed in 1870 and carries a track and bridleway across the Tees from the Sockburn peninsula [far side] to Girsby. The bridge was financed by Theophania [what a splendid name] Collingwood Blackett of Sockburn Hall who had been in dispute with Darlington Highways Board over public access to the old Sockburn church which was within the grounds of the hall. Rather than reopen access to the old church, she had this bridge built so that people could visit All Saints Girsby instead.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.4km<br/>A stone at the south end of the bridge declares it to be a bridle bridge erected in 1870 by Theophania Blackett, though then makes it clear that this was not a personal task, but one Thomas Dyke Esq., Civil Engineer, was the contractor. It seems to have been a time when the infrastructure of the area was in rapid development, as a walk in the area shows many of the buildings to have stones inscribed with building dates in the late 1860's and early 1870's. The bridge seems to have withstood the test of time fairly well - a few cables are loose in its side fencing, but the flimsy-looking supporting piers seem not to have been hit by any large trees floating down - something that seems remarkable on this winter day with the river swollen by snowmelt. Marks on the bank indicate that is has recently been nearly a metre higher, helping to spread the seeds of gaint hogweed downstream.
©Andy Waddington
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©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.4km<br/>Stone commemorating the erection of Girsby Bridge. For the full story of this bridge see [[1342963]].
©Oliver Dixon

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