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Bowes Museum

Museum

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The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of Barnard Castle, in County Durham in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892. Bowes Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Stainton.

Egglestone Abbey

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Egglestone Abbey is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey in County Durham, England. It is 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Barnard Castle, on the south bank of the River Tees, and was historically within the North Riding of Yorkshire. Egglestone Abbey is situated 2½ miles south of Stainton.

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Barnard Castle

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Barnard Castle is a market town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 5800 in 2021. It has a picturesque ruined castle and the over-the-top Bowes Museum.

Westwick

Hamlet

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Westwick is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of Whorlton. It is situated to the east of Barnard Castle near the River Tees. Westwick is situated 2 miles south of Stainton.

Startforth

Village

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Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire. Startforth is situated 2½ miles southwest of Stainton.

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