What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Formerly the residence of Sir Roderick Murchison, twice President of The Royal Geographical Society. He died in 1871, aged 79, a great geologist and explorer. A town in New Zealand, falls on the Nile, a mountain range and river in Australia and a sound in Greenland are all named after him. Recorded plaque organisation: Barnard Castle Town Council.
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- Stephen Armstrong, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bob Harvey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Peter McDermott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- G Laird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Robert Scarth from London, England, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- john durkin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Philip Barker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jo and Steve Turner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John H Darch, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Commercial HotelListed building · 78 yd
Post Office Post Office and Brampton HouseListed building · 115 yd
Cricketers' Arms Public HouseListed building · 116 yd
Barnard CastleCastle · 287 ydExplorer Tom Barnard Castle stands above the River Tees with the sort of cliff-edge confidence usually reserved for a man who has…
Barnard Castle GroundsHeritage attraction · 307 yd
Barnard Castle BridgeScheduled monument · 381 yd
Barnard Castle WeirVisitor information · 381 yd
Deepdale Nature ReserveNature reserve · 767 yd
Falls on the River TeesWaterfall · 871 yd
Waterfall on the Teesdale WayWaterfall · 1544 yd
Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridgeScheduled monument · 1.2 mi
Egglestone AbbeyVisitor attraction · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Egglestone Abbey stands above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle, looking beautifully dramatic for a…
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