Whorlton is a small village in
County Durham, in
England
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. It is situated near the
River Tees and to the east of
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle (, ) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, Northern England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automato ...
.
Whorlton Bridge is a 183 ft long
suspension bridge which crosses the
River Tees.
It is Britain's 2nd oldest suspension bridge relying on original chainwork after the union bridge over the River Tweed.
The village has a public house called 'The Bridge Inn'.
Arthur Headlam and
James Wycliffe Headlam
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were both born in the village.
History
In October 1829, Whorlton Bridge, then under construction, was destroyed when the River Tees flooded.
John Green
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of Newcastle upon Tyne was called upon to design a replacement.
He based the Whorlton Bridge on the
Scotswood Bridge
Scotswood Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England. It links the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank of the river with the MetroCentre (shopping centre), MetroCentre and Blaydon in Gateshead ...
, which he had designed earlier.
Construction began in 1830, and the bridge was opened in July 1831.
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Villages in County Durham
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