EAW005552 ENGLAND (1947). Auckland Castle and environs, Bishop Auckland, 1947

A view looking west, from Castle Square, along the south side of the Market Place, with some fine examples of 18th and 19th century buildings.

A well-used image of the northern end of Bishop Auckland in the immediate postwar period, looking in a westerly direction, on a fine late morning in the middle of May, with the popular Saturday market well under way in the spacious Market Place.

This image was used as a postcard during the 1950s and has featured in some of the local history texts on the area, such as the one written and published by Barbara Laurie, "The Changing Face of Bishop Auckland". If one consults Tom Hutchinson's "Bishop Auckland: A Century of Postcards", it becomes apparent that the northern end of the town has attracted the attention of photographers for many decades, covering the Castle and Park, Market Place, Newgate Street, Bondgate, the rivers Wear and Gaunless, and many other famous locations.