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Richmond Castle was completed in 1086 with a keep and walls encompassing the area now known as the Market Place. Richmond was part of the lands of the earldom of Richmond, which was intermittently held by the Dukes of Brittany until the 14th century. John V, Duke of Brittany, died in 1399, and Henry IV took possession.
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After moving to Richmond, North Yorkshire, she was elected to Richmond Town Council and Richmondshire District Council, serving as both mayor and chairman. She was elected to North Yorkshire County Council in 1981. Angela Harris was a member of North Yorkshire County Council from 1981 to 2001 and the first woman to chair the authority in 1991/92.
Richmond Castle had fallen out of use as a fortress by the end of the 14th century and it did not receive major improvements after that date. A survey of 1538 shows it was partly in ruins, but paintings by Turner and others, together with the rise of tourism and an interest in antiquities, led to repairs to the keep in the early 19th century.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Richmond, is the Anglican parish church in the town of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England.Previously, there was another church, the Church of the Holy Trinity, which served as a chapel, and in the early part of the twentieth century, it was officiated over by the incumbent of St Mary's.
In 2018 they performed the award-winning new play This Is Yorkshire and in 2019 they premiered a new adaptation of an Oscar Wilde classic titled Dorian Gray. The Youth Theatre was commissioned by English Heritage to perform new work at Richmond Castle for the centenary of Armistice Day on 11 November 2018 as part of "Richmond Remembers".
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