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On the banks of the River Ure near West Tanfield this stone marker has the letters S on one side and T on the other, which could denote the boundary between Sleningford to the south and Tanfield to the north.
©David Rogers
Dist:0.1km<br/>Taken from the river Ure bridge. The Marmion tower, a ruined gatehouse, can be seen middle top of picture
©Hugh Chappell
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking upstream along the Ure. The section from here to Masham is particularly attractive, but relatively little known, except to more intrepid walkers.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Former village Endowed School and School House.
©David Rogers
Dist:0.3km<br/>From the riverside path below the Marmion Tower
©Martin Dawes
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking across towards Quarry House Farm from the banks of the River Ure at West Tanfield.
©David Rogers
Dist:0.3km<br/>Near to the junction of Main Street and Westwood Lane.
©David Rogers
Dist:0.3km<br/>View of river from bank below Marmion Tower
©Paul Buckingham
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed from window in Marmion Tower
©Paul Buckingham
Dist:0.3km<br/>The tunnel vaulted entrance through the Marmion Tower at West Tanfield.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.3km<br/>This impressive gatehouse formed the principal entrance to a lost manor house, described in the 1530's by Leland as possessing a fair tourid gate and a haule of squarid stone. The gatehouse is battlemented in the fashion of a castle, but was not provided with a portcullis or arrow loops. The tower was remodelled several times after its construction between 1350 and 1400. Its upper rooms served as comfortable domestic chambers. The room was lit by a large, projecting oriel window. In 1513 the manor passed to Elizabeth Parr, grandmother of Queen Katherine Parr, last wife of Henry VIII.
©Chris Heaton
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©Martin Dawes
Dist:0.3km<br/>The 15th century gatehouse to a now vanished manorhouse. A fine example of an oriel window can be seen above the arch.
©Martin Dawes
Dist:0.3km<br/>Beside the River Ure at West Tanfield.
©David Rogers
Dist:0.4km<br/>A medieval gatehouse from a fortified manor, by the river.
©Darren Haddock

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