May 16, 2026
This week’s edition of the Teesdale Mercury
This week’s TM is out now – and here is the news: Small businesses in Barney say they are struggling to keep their heads above water and fear for the…
Dog walk leads to £936 being raised
HUNDREDS of people celebrated the new year by taking part in a fundraising walk with their four legged friends.Officials at Raby Castle opened the historic venue’s gardens for dog walkers…
Flora and Fauna: Carpet of leaves disappears for another year, ready for…
AutumnI love the fitful gusts that shakesThe casement all the dayAnd from the mossy elm tree takesThe faded leaf awayTwirling it by the window-paneWith thousand others down the lane John…
Mystery of curious stone-carved head in Deepdale
BY GEOFF MILBURN ONE of my ancestors named Merryweather was a Barney stonemason, one of the large gang of men hard at work on the great edifice which became The…














