Piercebridge

Piercebridge
St Mary's Church, Piercebridge
Piercebridge Location within County Durham
Population	113 (2011)
OS grid reference	NZ209157
Unitary authority	Darlington
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DARLINGTON
Postcode district	DL2
Dialling code	01325
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Darlington
List of places UK England County Durham 54°32′13″N 1°40′40″W / 54.53684°N 1.67777°W / 54.53684; -1.67777

Piercebridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated a few miles west of the town of Darlington. It is on the site of a Roman fort of AD 260–270, which was built at the point where Dere Street crossed the River Tees. Part of the fort is under the village green.^[1] The village is sited where the York-Newstead Roman road known as Dere Street crosses the River Tees.^[1]

The excavated Roman fort is open to the public and the remains of Piercebridge Roman Bridge over the Tees now lie around 90 metres (300 ft) south of the current course of the river, approximately 450 metres (1,480 ft) east of Piercebridge, at the east side of Cliffe, Richmondshire.