Dalton-on-Tees is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

Richmondshire {{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blank_emblem_type = Coat ...

district of

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England, near the boundary with County Durham. According to the 2001 Census there were 318 people living in the parish (including Eryholme) in 120 houses. The population had decreased to 303 by the time of the 2011 Census. The village is bypassed by the A167 road between Darlington and

Northallerton Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increa ...

and is south of the village of

Croft-on-Tees Croft-on-Tees is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It has also been known as Croft Spa, and from which the former Croft Spa railway station took its name. It lies north-north west of the cou ...

and north-east of the motor racing circuit Croft Circuit. There are signs at both the north and south entrances to the village indicating that the village is from

and from Darlington even though they are apart. To the east the village overlooks a meander of the River Tees, from which it derives its name: the town (tun) in the valley (or dæl ale. The village has a pub, the Chequers Inn, overlooking the

village green A village green is a common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock, often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for gathering cattle t ...

, and a small village hall on the other side of the bypass just along West Lane. The village green is the site of the village pump (now defunct) which stands under a sprawling chestnut tree. There are a number of signed streets in the village, namely, Ruskin Close, Byron Court, Garth Terrace, Orchard Close and West Lane, and a number of unsigned roads and lanes, including The Green and the Old Road. The parish had 133 properties at the 2011 Census but new estates have been built in the village since then. Dalton-on-Tees is served by the number 72 public bus between Darlington and Northallerton and on school days the number 466R between

and Richmond School. The village has a series of moats, identified as a fishpond complex dating back to Medieval times.

History

Dalton on Tees, at one time described as a township, lies in the Parish of Croft, was referred to in various publications in the early 1820s and appears in the 1861 census. Around 1890 it consisted of some 40 dwellings and had a population of 187. At that time it consisted of of land and of water and had a rateable value of £5,739. Until around 1900 it was part of the

wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, ...

Gilling East Gilling East is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, on the main B1363 road between York and Helmsley, south of Oswaldkirk and south of Helmsley. It is named "East" to distinguish it from Gilling We ...

in the Richmond area of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is near the former Dalton junction/

Eryholme railway station Eryholme railway station, originally named as Dalton Junction, was a railway station located on the East Coast Main Line between Northallerton and Darlington in North Yorkshire, England. It was the point at which the now closed Eryholme-Richmo ...

on the closed Richmond

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of the North Eastern Railway between

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and

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. At the southern end of the village is a memorial to the pilots, air and ground crew of the

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(RCAF) 434 "Bluenose" and 431 "Iroquois" Squadrons who, during World War II, were based at the nearby

RAF Croft Royal Air Force Croft or more simply RAF Croft is a former Royal Air Force station located south of Darlington, County Durham, England and north-east of Richmond, North Yorkshire. The site is also known locally as Croft Aerodrome or Neasham. C ...

air base (now the site of the Croft Circuit as described above). Some years ago a

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complex was unearthed and explored in the fields near Chapel House Farm on the edge of the village. During 2018, as part of a Community Archaeology project under the Tees Valley Landscape Partnership, a Roman fort or camp was discovered near Dalton-on-Tees. The project discovered two camps or forts. The first, of 6ha west of the village, is believed to date from 70AD and is thought to be associated with the Roman conquest of Northern England. It was followed some 30 years later by a much larger fort of 16ha, which included part of the earlier camp or fort. The defences of this larger fort consisted of a box-rampart, consisting of vertical timber revetments to the front and rear linked by cross members. The resulting interior space was filled with earth, clay and rubble. A walkway and parapet topped the timber defence. This later fort is approaching the size of a legionary fortress and could have accommodated a force of 4,000 men. The village of Dalton-on-Tees is constructed largely within this later Roman fort.The discovery is to be subject to a report by Tees Archaeology but is detailed in a recent publication 'The Romans in the Tees Valley' (http://www.teesarchaeology.com/home/documents/TheRomans_final.pdf pages 12 to 13).

References

External links

Croft Circuit

Village website
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