Richmond

Richmond rises above the River Swale at the eastern entrance to the Yorkshire Dales. Its Norman castle and tall keep dominate a market town founded beneath the stronghold of the lords of Richmond. The castle and its extensive lands were linked to the dukes of Brittany as well as the English Crown, making divided loyalties a recurring problem in wars with France. By 1538 the castle was recorded as derelict, though its great stone tower remained above the town.