BOWES PARISH

Introduction

Bowes village is 290 meters (950 feet) above sea level on the A66 trans-Pennine road. In your walk through the village, you are joining the ranks of countless previous visitors, including Mesolithic hunters, Bronze and Iron Age farmers, invading Romans, pillaging Vikings, raiding Scots and stage-coach travellers. No doubt the Roman general Petillius Cerialls passed through while campaigning in the north as did the Norse King, Eric Bloodaxe prior to his assassination on Stainmore. More recent famous visitors have included JMW Turner, the English landscape artist who visited in 1816, and Charles Dickens collecting material for his novel Nicholas Nickelby in 1838.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	6,606 hectares
Population	476 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	7 people/km²
Mean age	42.5
Ward	Barnard Castle West
District	County Durham
Postcodes	DL12
ONS ID	E04010600