Piercebridge
Sign in to savePiercebridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated a few miles west of the town of Darlington. It is on the site of a Roman fort of 260–270 CE, which was built at the point where Dere Street crossed the River Tees. Part of the fort is under the village green. The village is sited where the York to Newstead Roman road known as Dere Street crosses the River Tees.
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Place details
- Locality
- Piercebridge
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Piercebridge St Marys Church 001.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church, Piercebridge
- UK place.official_name
- Piercebridge
- UK place.population
- 113
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Darlington
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- County Durham
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Darlington
- UK place.post_town
- DARLINGTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- DL2
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Darlington
- Population
- +113
- Shares border with
- Headlam
- Image
- Piercebridge bridge 025.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Toponym
- Demographics
- History
- Roman
- Medieval
- 16th century onwards
- Preservation
- Transport
- References
- External links
Piercebridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated a few miles west of the town of Darlington. It is on the site of a Roman fort of 260–270 CE, which was built at the point where Dere Street crossed the River Tees. Part of the fort is under the village green. The village is sited where the York to Newstead Roman road known as Dere Street crosses the River Tees.
The excavated Roman fort is open to the public and the remains of Piercebridge Roman Bridge over the Tees now lie around south of the current course of the river, approximately east of Piercebridge, at the east side of Cliffe, Richmondshire.