Bowes
Bowes is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle. In 2021 the parish had a population of 442.Photo: Darren Haddock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 442 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in County Durham, UK
- Also known as: “Bowes, County Durham” and “Lavatrae”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bowes Castle and Lavatrae.
Bowes Castle
Castle
Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowes Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Bowes in County Durham, England. Built within the perimeter of the former Roman fort of Lavatrae, on the Roman road that is now the A66, the early timber castle on the site was replaced by a more substantial stone structure between 1170 and 1174 on the orders of Henry II.
Lavatrae
Archaeological site
Lavatrae, also known as Lavatris, was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Bowes, County Durham, England. The medieval Bowes Castle was built within the perimeter of the fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilmonby and Kilmond Scar.
Gilmonby
Hamlet
Gilmonby is a village in the Pennines in County Durham, England. it is situated a short distance to the south of Bowes, in the vicinity of Barnard Castle.
Kilmond Scar
Locality
Kilmond Scar is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of south-west County Durham, England. It lies just south of the A66 road, about 3 km east of the village of Bowes. Kilmond Scar is situated 2 miles east of Bowes.
Boldron
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boldron is a village in the Pennines of England, situated close to Barnard Castle. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Boldron is situated 2½ miles east of Bowes.
Bowes
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bowes, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.51781° or 54° 31′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.00975° or 2° 0′ 35″ westPopulation
442Elevation
958 feet (292 metres)Open location code
9C6VGX9R+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 29541765OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655062Wikidata ID
Q3263330
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Bowes” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Bowes”
- Cebuano: “Bowes”
- Chinese: “Bowes”
- Chinese: “鮑斯 (達勒姆郡)”
- Chinese: “鮑斯”
- Dutch: “Bowes”
- French: “Bowes”
- Irish: “Bowes”
- Italian: “Bowes”
- Ladin: “Bowes”
- Latin: “Lavatris”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bowes”
- Persian: “بوز، کانتی دورام”
- Polish: “Bowes”
- Spanish: “Bowes”
- Swedish: “Bowes”
- Turkish: “Bowes”
- Urdu: “بووز”
- Welsh: “Bowes”
- “Bowes”
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