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GRETA BRIDGE, a hamlet in Brignall, Rokeby, and Wycliffe parishes, N. R. Yorkshire; on Greta stream and Watling street, 3¼ miles SE of Barnard Castle. It has a post office under Darlington, and an inn. A Roman camp, very distinctly marked, is in a field adjacent to the inn; is noticed by Sir Walter Scott, in " Rokeby; " and has yielded Roman coins and an altar.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Greta Bridge |
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