Barnard Castle, c. 1920 and the frozen River Tees
From the Darlington & Stockton Times of February 11, 1871
ON the previous Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm, reported the D&S Times 150 years ago, Joshua and Thomas Hodgson, aged 11 and 13, had left their home in “Lendrig’s Mill”, half-a-mile south of Barnard Castle, to attend Sunday School in the town.
This is probably a misprint, as Lendings Mill was a little to the south of Barney and today, a large static caravan park in Startforth occupies its site.
The boys decided, said the D&S, to take a short cut over the ice to the Desmesnes on the north bank of the river. As they reached the far bank, the ice gave way...

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