Catterick, North Yorkshire

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Catterick, sometimes Catterick Village to distinguish it from the nearby Catterick Garrison, is a village in North Yorkshire. It dates back to Roman times, when Cataractonium was a Roman fort protecting the crossing of the Great North Road over the River Swale. It was mentioned in the poem Y Gododdin, where the Battle of Catraeth (thought to be Catterick, then a seat of the Kingdom of Rheged) led to the death of many soldiers. This battle in simplistic terms could be seen as the "1066 moment" where the "English" defeated the "Celts" in Britain.

In later times, it prospered as a coaching town where travellers up the Great North Road would stop overnight and refresh themselves and their horses; today's Angel Inn was once a coaching inn. Saint Anne's Church overlooks the village and has Norman roots.

At the 2001 Census, Catterick Village had 2743 residents, most of whom work in the adjacent Garrison, in farming, or in the local towns of Richmond, Darlington, Northallerton or on Teesside. Previously RAF Catterick the airfield to the south of the village was transferred to the Army and is now Marne Barracks, named after the site of two significant battles of World War I.

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