Northallerton

No doubt Northallerton is a charming and busy market town, but its chief claim to fame - for me, at any case - is a couple of miles out of town where a low ridge marks the site of the Battle of the Standard. If, like most people, you have never heard of this battle, then you ought to watch the film. It is horrible to think that such a beautiful quiet spot could have been the scene of such wholesale slaughter.