Now a private house, this was once Yarm Police Station
The 1897 date stone has the initials “NYR” (North Riding Yorkshire)
1897 Police Station, Yarm
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Show on map Yarm 1881 Flood Marker
Show on map Yarms position in the bend of the River Tees made it vulnerable to flooding, this marker on the Town Hall shows the height of the March 10th 1881 flood waters.
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There is a second higher marker for September 17th 1771, although this is currently hidden by a wooden panel in the doorway.
Ketton Ox, Cockpits, Yarm
Show on map The core of this inn dates from the late 17th century, although it has been heavily modified over the years.
The filled oval windows were once over cock-pits, an area used for cock fighting,
This common ‘entertainment’ was banned in England in 1835.
Tom Browns House, Yarm
Show on map After covering his birth and death. Heres a final post on his house in Yarm.
Although the current frontage is more modern, underneath is said to be a 15th Century timber structure from the Inn
Much more detail, including a photograph of the Inn sign can be found on Bob’s Home For Writing.
Tom Browns Grave, Yarm
Show on map I have previously covered Tom Browns Tree which marks his 1705 birthplace, so today his grave which is a replica of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone that was presented by the Queen’s Own Hussars in 1968.
As previously mentioned he is known for his role in the Battle of Dettingen which took place on 27th June 1743 in Bavaria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
His regiments standard was captured and while recovering it he received terrible injuries to his face including his nose being cut off. He is said to have been given a silver nose by King George II.
He retired to Yarm with a pension of 30 shillings from the King, as two shots from the battle could not be safely removed from his back, he died there in 1746.
Dominican Friary Wall, Yarm
Show on map A Dominican Friary (“Black Friars”) existed in Yarm from some time before 1266 until the Dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539 
This boundary wall remains.
Hope House, Yarm
Show on map Hope House is thought to be one of the oldest buildings in Yarm, dating from the late 16th or early 17th century.
It was originally larger, but part of it was destroyed to make way for the railway viaduct.
Yarm Viaduct
Show on map The 690m long, 43 arch, Yarm Viaduct was built at a cost of £44,500 between 1848 and its official opening on 15th May 1852.
It contains over 7.5 millions brick and was built to extend the Leeds and Thirsk Railway from Northallerton to Stockton and Hartlepool when it became known as the Leeds Northern Railway.
The carved plaque records the Engineers Thomas Grainger and John Bourne.
Superintendent Joseph Dixon
Contractors Trowsdale, Jackson and Garbutt. 1849
Yarm Castle
Show on map Yarm Castle is actually a model in someones front garden, theres also a model of the Town Hall towards the rear.
It was built by David Doughty who lived in Commondale House in the 1880s and has individual windows originally lit by gas light. The Town Hall was added by his son Henry Doughty.
Yarm South African Wars Plaque
Show on map This plaque commemorates the 8 local men who served in what is now known as the Second Boer War between 1899–1902
1st P.W.O. 19th Yorkshire Regiment:
Corp. George Temple Todd
Pte. Thomas William Baldridge
Pte. Matthew Henry Dawson
Pte. Albert Vickers Wilson
Pte. Henry Thomas Fisher
Imperial Yeomanry:
Tpr. Edward Holt
Tpr. Hereward Sadler
also Pte. Owen O’Shaughnessey, 3rd P.W.O. Yorkshire Regt. who was killed at the Battle of Paardeberg, Feb. 18th, 1900.