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'''Scotch Corner''' is a [[Junction (road)|junction]] of the [[A1(M) motorway|A1(M)]] and [[A66 road|A66]] [[Trunk road#United Kingdom|trunk roads]] near [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] in [[North Yorkshire]], England. It has been described as "the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland",<ref name="RSH">{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshire-england.co.uk/Richmond.html |title=Richmond and Swaledale History |publisher=Yorkshire-england.co.uk |accessdate=8 March 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301121431/http://www.yorkshire-england.co.uk/Richmond.html|archivedate=1 March 2012|url-status=unfit}}</ref> and is a [[Roads in the United Kingdom#Primary destinations|primary destination]] | '''Scotch Corner''' is a [[Junction (road)|junction]] of the [[A1(M) motorway|A1(M)]] and [[A66 road|A66]] [[Trunk road#United Kingdom|trunk roads]] near [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] in [[North Yorkshire]], England. It has been described as "the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland",<ref name="RSH">{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshire-england.co.uk/Richmond.html |title=Richmond and Swaledale History |publisher=Yorkshire-england.co.uk |accessdate=8 March 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301121431/http://www.yorkshire-england.co.uk/Richmond.html|archivedate=1 March 2012|url-status=unfit}}</ref> and is a [[Roads in the United Kingdom#Primary destinations|primary destination]] signposted from as far away as the [[M6 motorway]], {{convert|50|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} away. The name of the junction is derived from the fact that it is the point of divergence for traffic coming from [[London]], the [[East Midlands]] and [[Yorkshire]] wishing to continue either to [[Edinburgh]] and eastern [[Scotland]] (along the A1(M)) or to [[Glasgow]] and western Scotland (by taking the A66). | ||
==Toponym== | ==Toponym== | ||
The name originated from being the junction where the north–south [[Roman road]] known as | The name originated from being the junction where the north–south [[Roman road]] known as [[Dere Street]], which crossed the [[River Tees]] at [[Piercebridge]], met the Roman road that went west through [[Bowes]] and [[Brough, Cumbria|Brough]].<ref name="Lloyd">{{cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Chris |date=12 March 2018 |title=History of Scotch Corner - once the site of a battle between Romans and Brigantes, 2,000 years ago |newspaper=The Northern Echo |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/16081471.history-of-scotch-corner-once-the-site-of-a-battle-between-romans-and-brigantes-2000-years-ago/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313140547/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/16081471.history-of-scotch-corner-once-the-site-of-a-battle-between-romans-and-brigantes-2000-years-ago/ |archive-date=13 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is where travellers to eastern Scotland (now via [[A1(M) motorway|A1(M)]] and/or [[A68 road|A68]]) are separated from travellers to western Scotland (now via [[A66 road|A66]] and [[M6 motorway|M6]]/ [[A74(M) and M74 motorways|A74(M)/M74]]). | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The A1(M) leads north towards [[North East England]] and [[Scotland]] | The A1(M) leads north towards [[North East England]] and [[Scotland]] and south towards London. The A66 leads north-west towards [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]] and the [[M6 motorway]]. There are three other exits from the junction: the [[A6055 road]] north and south, with the southbound side leading to the [[A6108 road|A6108]] towards the [[Yorkshire Dales]] and [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]]. The third exit is towards [[Middleton Tyas]] and [[Croft-on-Tees]] and also provides access to the services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/54.442547,+-1.669581?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxOS4yIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&skid=d249ffe1-ddca-4c2e-bd3c-9e8f80e49e20|title=Scotch Corner|accessdate=25 March 2025|website=Google maps}}</ref> Other nearby locations include [[Gilling West]] and [[Aske Hall]]. | ||
The Scotch Corner area is drained by | The Scotch Corner area is drained by Scorton [[beck (stream)|Beck]], which eventually flows into the [[River Swale|Swale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB104027069160|title=Scorton Beck from Source to River Swale Water Body|website=Catchment Data Explorer|publisher=[[Environment Agency]]}}</ref> The area to the west of the junction is drained by Gilling Beck in the ''Skeeby/Holme/Dalton Beck'' catchment, also eventually flowing into the Swale<ref>{{cite web|url=https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB104027069180|title=Skeeby/Holme/Dalton Bk from Source to River Swale|website=Catchment Data Explorer|publisher=[[Environment Agency]]}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The [[Roman Britain|Romans]] were responsible for building the first roads to meet at this point and the site of the original junction is just a few hundred yards | The [[Roman Britain|Romans]] were responsible for building the first roads to meet at this point and the site of the original junction is just a few hundred yards from the modern-day junction.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tomlin |first1=Roger Simon Ovin |title=Britannia Romana: Roman inscriptions and Roman Britain |date=2018 |publisher=Oxbow Books |location=Oxford |isbn=978-1-78570-700-1 |page=268 |chapter=10: Government and administrators}}</ref> In AD 71 the Romans took control of the area when they defeated the [[Brigantes]], a [[Celt]]ic tribe, at the ''Battle of Scotch Corner'' (1st century).<ref name="RSH"/> There was a major Roman settlement at Scotch Corner, with its own mint.<ref name="Lloyd" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Roman treasures found on A1 |date=10 April 2017 |publisher=Highways England, Government of the United Kingdom |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/roman-treasures-found-on-a1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424221117/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/roman-treasures-found-on-a1 |archive-date=24 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
It is a landmark for planning and describing routes. For example | It is a landmark for planning and describing routes. For example it is around {{convert|50|mi}} from Leeds, providing a useful distance for [[bicycle|cycling]] events.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Hearth and Home: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Gentlewomen |date=26 October 1899|volume=27|issue=441|page=14|title= There have been recently some remarkable bicycling feats by ladies|quote=There have been recently some remarkable bicycling feats by ladies, and not the least remarkable is the feat of Mrs. W. Hargrave, of Leeds, who has established a world's record for a lady rider over an out and home course of a 100 miles in 6 hours 37 min. This Yorkshire lady rode the usual course-from the Post-office in Roundhay Road, Leeds, to Scotch corner and back}}</ref> It was used by cyclists for navigation.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Cycling: An Illustrated Weekly|volume=18|number=454|date=30 September 1899|page=20|title=Routes and replies: London to nearest point in Scotland|quote= The old Glasgow coach road, i.e., Great North Road up to Scotch Corner, then by [[Bowes]], over [[Stainmore]], to [[Brough, Cumbria|Brough]], and on by [[Appleby-in-Westmorland|Appleby]], [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]], and [[Carlisle]], to [[Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway|Gretna]]}}</ref> It was in a [[fox hunting]] district, providing a means of identifying the location when reporting events.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Horse and Hound]]|title=The Earl of Zetland's|date=10 November 1888|volume=5|issue=242|quote= The first draw was Ledbury Park, where a fox soon was on foot, who took the field at a great pace by Scotch Corner and [[Gatherley Castle|Gatherley Moor]]}}</ref> | ||
The £8 million Scotch Corner diversion opened in July 1971, which created a [[grade separation|grade separated]] junction on the A1.<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/9th-july-1971/28/scotch-corner-interchange Scotch Corner interchange] ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 9 July 1971 page 26</ref><ref name="DS">{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Chris |title=Life and Times of Scotch Corner Take a New Turn |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=11–2018 |date=16 March 2018 |page=33|issn=2516-5348}}</ref> Later, a £380 million upgrade of the A1 between Leeming Bar and Barton Interchange meant that the road was upgraded to three-lane motorway standard in March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Copeland|first1=Alexa|title=A1(M) in North Yorkshire now fully open - But works not over just yet|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16126462.A1_M__in_North_Yorkshire_now_fully_open___But_works_not_over_just_yet/|access-date=30 March 2018|work=The Northern Echo|date=29 March 2018}}</ref> This created the opportunity for further archaeological investigation.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=NAA Monograph Series|volume=5|first=David W.|last=Fell|publisher=Northern Archaeological Associates|title=Contact, Concord and Conquest: Britons and Romans at Scotch Corner Digital Monograph|date=2020|location=York|doi=10.5284/1078330|url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/scotch_a1_2021/index.cfm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Fell|first1=D. W.|last2=Johnson|first2=P. G.|date=2021|title=The Evolution of Dere Street from Routeway to Motorway: Evidence from the Dishforth to Barton A1 Motorway Improvements|publisher=Northern Archaeological Associates|doi=10.5284/1086871|url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1185365&recordType=Monograph}}</ref> | The £8 million Scotch Corner diversion opened in July 1971, which created a [[grade separation|grade separated]] junction on the A1.<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/9th-july-1971/28/scotch-corner-interchange Scotch Corner interchange] ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 9 July 1971 page 26</ref><ref name="DS">{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Chris |title=Life and Times of Scotch Corner Take a New Turn |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=11–2018 |date=16 March 2018 |page=33|issn=2516-5348}}</ref> Later, a £380 million upgrade of the A1 between Leeming Bar and Barton Interchange meant that the road was upgraded to three-lane motorway standard in March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Copeland|first1=Alexa|title=A1(M) in North Yorkshire now fully open - But works not over just yet|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16126462.A1_M__in_North_Yorkshire_now_fully_open___But_works_not_over_just_yet/|access-date=30 March 2018|work=The Northern Echo|date=29 March 2018}}</ref> This created the opportunity for further archaeological investigation.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=NAA Monograph Series|volume=5|first=David W.|last=Fell|publisher=Northern Archaeological Associates|title=Contact, Concord and Conquest: Britons and Romans at Scotch Corner Digital Monograph|date=2020|location=York|doi=10.5284/1078330|url= https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/scotch_a1_2021/index.cfm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Fell|first1=D. W.|last2=Johnson|first2=P. G.|date=2021|title=The Evolution of Dere Street from Routeway to Motorway: Evidence from the Dishforth to Barton A1 Motorway Improvements|publisher=Northern Archaeological Associates|doi=10.5284/1086871|url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1185365&recordType=Monograph}}</ref> | ||
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Scotch Corner is a junction of the A1(M) and A66 trunk roads near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It has been described as "the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland",[1] and is a primary destination signposted from as far away as the M6 motorway, Script error: No such module "convert". away. The name of the junction is derived from the fact that it is the point of divergence for traffic coming from London, the East Midlands and Yorkshire wishing to continue either to Edinburgh and eastern Scotland (along the A1(M)) or to Glasgow and western Scotland (by taking the A66).
Toponym
The name originated from being the junction where the north–south Roman road known as Dere Street, which crossed the River Tees at Piercebridge, met the Roman road that went west through Bowes and Brough.[2] It is where travellers to eastern Scotland (now via A1(M) and/or A68) are separated from travellers to western Scotland (now via A66 and M6/ A74(M)/M74).
Geography
The A1(M) leads north towards North East England and Scotland and south towards London. The A66 leads north-west towards Penrith and the M6 motorway. There are three other exits from the junction: the A6055 road north and south, with the southbound side leading to the A6108 towards the Yorkshire Dales and Richmond. The third exit is towards Middleton Tyas and Croft-on-Tees and also provides access to the services.[3] Other nearby locations include Gilling West and Aske Hall.
The Scotch Corner area is drained by Scorton Beck, which eventually flows into the Swale.[4] The area to the west of the junction is drained by Gilling Beck in the Skeeby/Holme/Dalton Beck catchment, also eventually flowing into the Swale[5]
History
The Romans were responsible for building the first roads to meet at this point and the site of the original junction is just a few hundred yards from the modern-day junction.[6] In AD 71 the Romans took control of the area when they defeated the Brigantes, a Celtic tribe, at the Battle of Scotch Corner (1st century).[1] There was a major Roman settlement at Scotch Corner, with its own mint.[2][7]
It is a landmark for planning and describing routes. For example it is around Script error: No such module "convert". from Leeds, providing a useful distance for cycling events.[8] It was used by cyclists for navigation.[9] It was in a fox hunting district, providing a means of identifying the location when reporting events.[10]
The £8 million Scotch Corner diversion opened in July 1971, which created a grade separated junction on the A1.[11][12] Later, a £380 million upgrade of the A1 between Leeming Bar and Barton Interchange meant that the road was upgraded to three-lane motorway standard in March 2018.[13] This created the opportunity for further archaeological investigation.[14][15]
Facilities
The Three Tuns coaching inn stood at Scotch Corner from the 1820s.[16][17] The inn subsequently became a roadhouse in the early days of motorised travel.[2] It was demolished in 1939 when the road was widened.[2] The Scotch Corner Hotel was established there in 1939, built on the site of a mid-16th century inn and now operated by Holiday Inn.[2][18] Almost as soon as it was opened, part of the hotel was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force for convalescing airmen.[12] In 2011 it underwent a £3 million refurbishment.[19][20]
A Moto Hospitality service station opened here in 1980.[18][21]
See also
References
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