English Heritage sites near Ingleton Parish
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
4 miles from Ingleton Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
5 miles from Ingleton Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
7 miles from Ingleton Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
8 miles from Ingleton Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
BARNARD CASTLE
8 miles from Ingleton Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
BOWES CASTLE
12 miles from Ingleton Parish
The impressive ruins of Henry II's 12th-century keep, on the site of a Roman fort guarding the approach to strategic Stainmore Pass over the Pennines.
Churches in Ingleton Parish
St John the Evangelist
Moreton Tinmouth, Houghon-le-side, Summerhouse and Denton (Church in Denton
closed in 1996).
Pubs in Ingleton Parish
Black Horse
Front Street, Ingleton, DL2 3HS
(01325) 730374
blackhorseingleton.co.uk