Editing Richmond, North Yorkshire (section)

==Landmarks==
[[Richmond Castle]] in the town centre overlooks the [[River Swale]] and is a major tourist attraction, bringing in close to 40,000 visitors a year.<ref name=":EH:">{{cite web|title=Description of Richmond Castle {{!}} English Heritage|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/richmond-castle/history/description/|website=www.english-heritage.org.uk|access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Richmond Castle {{!}} English Heritage|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/richmond-castle/|website=www.english-heritage.org.uk|access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref> Scolland's Hall is the gatehouse and was staffed by the Lords of [[Bedale]], such as [[Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan]],  and [[Miles Stapleton (died 1466)|Miles Stapleton]], [[List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter#Knights Founder|Founder KG]].<ref name=":EH:" /> Other staff residences were [[Constable Burton]] and [[Thornton Steward]].  Also, Richmond had an extended [[Wensleydale]] castlery initially consisting of [[Middleham Castle]], [[Ravensworth]] and [[Snape, North Yorkshire|Snape]] ([[Baron FitzHugh]] & [[House of Neville|Neville]] [[Baron Latymer]]).  The [[Conyers]], [[Wyville]], [[Gascoigne baronets|Gascoigne]], [[Stapleton-on-Tees|Stapleton]] and [[Baron Lovell|Lovell]] families were all notable gentry.[[File:ipb richmond 012.jpg|thumb|left|Richmond Castle|214x214px]]

Within walking distance from the town centre are the ruins of the [[Premonstratensians|premonstratensian]] [[Easby Abbey]], managed by [[English Heritage]], and adjacent [[Easby Hall, Richmond|Easby Hall]], built in 1729.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 December 2009|title=Richmond and Easby Abbey|work=Gazette Live|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/richmond-and-easby-abbey-3711347|access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref> A popular town legend tells the story of the Little Drummer Boy, a young member of an 18th-century regiment who was sent by soldiers to investigate a tunnel leading away from the castle towards Easby, playing his drum to guide the soldiers above ground, however the drums ceased suddenly and the boy was never seen or located since, a stone marker stands at the point at which the boy's drumming stopped, on a footpath between the town and Easby.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beat goes on for the boy who disappeared|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7029317.beat-goes-boy-disappeared/|work=The Northern Echo|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Richmond, North Yorkshire – Drummer Boy Walk|url=https://www.richmond.org/guide/trails/drummerboy.html|website=www.richmond.org|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

The tall market cross or "obelisk" was built in 1771 to replace the medieval cross that stood before it. On the south-west side of the town stands the folly of [[Culloden Tower]], originally built in 1746 to commemorate the [[Duke of Cumberland|Duke of Cumberland's]] at the [[Battle of Culloden]], after falling into disrepair it was restored in 1981 and now is used a holiday let.<ref>{{cite web|title=RICHMOND|url=https://www.fabulousfollies.net/richmond.html|website=FABULOUS FOLLIES|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> Another small folly is Oliver Duckett on the northern outskirts of the town, a rounded bastion tower, built from the same stone as Richmond Castle and now lying on public land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jimjarratt.co.uk/follies/page12.html|website=www.jimjarratt.co.uk|title=Yorkshire Gazetteer|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

Swale House on Frenchgate, built around 1750, was home to the headmaster and students of the nearby grammar school, before being used as a hospital for wounded officers in the First World War. For many years, it was the headquarters of Richmondshire District Council, before being closed and sold off in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|date=1 November 2013|title=Councillors say goodbye to historic offices after final meeting|work=Northern Echo|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northyorkshire/10780270.Councillors_say_goodbye_to_historic_offices_after_final_meeting/|access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> Millgate House [[Bed and breakfast|bed & breakfast]] has received mentions in several national publications for its accompanying gardens.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richmond Online Guide to Richmond – Millgate House Garden|url=https://www.richmond.org/guide/millgatehouse.php|website=www.richmond.org|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

There are two war memorials sited in Richmond, the Gallowgate Memorial stands overlooking Frenchgate, taking the form of a [[Celtic cross]] and is dedicated to the losses suffered by the [[Green Howards]] regiment during both the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars, the other monument commissioned is located in the friary gardens and commemorates all of the victims of the two 
World Wars who resided in Richmond.

[[Richmond Falls]] are a short walk from the town centre and to the west of the town, on the road to [[Marske, Richmondshire|Marske]], is the unusually named Richmond Out Moor.<ref>{{cite map|title=Darlington & Richmond|map=304|year=2015|scale=1:25,000|series=Explorer|publisher=Ordnance Survey|isbn=9780319245569}}</ref>

{{wide image|Richmond falls panorama.JPG|750px|Panorama of Richmond falls, close to the town centre}}

=== Religious sites ===
There are four extant churches within the town, the [[Church of England]]'s [[Church of St Mary the Virgin, Richmond|St Mary the Virgin]],<ref>{{cite web|title=St Marys Church Richmond > Home|url=https://www.richmondhudswellparish.org.uk/|website=www.richmondhudswellparish.org.uk|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> the [[Roman Catholic]] [[St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church|St Joseph and St Francis Xavier]], Richmond [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist]] Church<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.richmondmethodists.co.uk/|website=www.richmondmethodists.co.uk|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>  and Influence Church, formed in 1950 as Richmond [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] Church.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richmond › Influence Church › Richmond, Barnard Castle, Penrith and Bishop Auckland|url=http://www.influencechurch.co.uk/richmond/|website=www.influencechurch.co.uk|date=16 September 1950 |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> Former religious buildings and structures include Holy Trinity Church, a grade I [[Listed building]] in the centre of the market place, no longer conducting regular services,<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Holy Trinity Church offices Between Church Nave and Tower trinity Church Tower, Richmond, North Yorkshire|num=1096970|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> the 15th century bell tower of the former friary of [[Greyfriars, Richmond|Greyfriars]], stands over an area of public green space, known as the Friary Gardens,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Richmond Online Guide to Richmond {{!}} Friary Tower and Gardens|url=https://www.richmond.org/guide/friary.php|website=www.richmond.org|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> and a former [[United Reformed Church]] building on Dundas Street.<ref>{{cite web|title=Genuki: The former United Reformed Church, Richmond, Yorkshire (North Riding)|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Richmond/PhotoFrames/RichmondDundasStreetExURC|website=www.genuki.org.uk|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>