WHORLTON LIDO
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Description
1986: "Just below the village of Whorlton, the R. Tees has bared the underlying limestone rock. The river bank rises vertically on the north side, but only gradually on the south. The result is the creation of a favoured picnic and playing site just beside the river. The area is mown regularly and families from Darlington, Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle come here for an afternoon in the summer sun. The attraction is the quiet rural setting with safe bathing in the shallow pools created by the rocky river bed and space to picnic or play on the grass with the river and wooded banks as a background. The owners have recently added a miniature, passenger carrying railway. The iron suspension bridge nearby has a weight limit of 3 tons and was opened in 1831... " -
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BBC - Domesday Reloaded -
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Further information
Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20161027190118/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-408000-513000/page/4
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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