Hurworth-on-Tees

Hurworth-on-Tees
Hurworth-on-Tees
	Hurworth-on-Tees
	Hurworth-on-Tees Location withinCounty Durham
Population	3,264 (2011)
OS grid reference	NZ314098
Civil parish	Hurworth;
Unitary authority	Darlington;
Ceremonial county	County Durham;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Darlington
Postcode district	DL2
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Stockton West;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°29′13″N1°31′43″W/ 54.48699°N 1.52852°W

Hurworth-on-Teesis a village in the borough ofDarlington,within theceremonial countyofCounty Durham,England. It is situated in thecivil parishof Hurworth. The village lies to the south ofDarlingtonon theRiver Tees,close to its meeting point with theRiver Skerne,and immediately adjoins the village ofHurworth Place,which forms part of the same civil parish.

Amenities

The church of All Saints is situated in the middle of the village. There may have been a church on the site as early as the 12th century. The church was extensively rebuilt in the 1830s and again in 1871.

There was a school at Hurworth before 1770, when it was refounded. Currently the village has two schools. Hurworth Primary School caters for around 250 children aged 4–11. The secondary school is calledHurworth School;it caters for around 650 students aged 11–16. There was also a small independent school,Hurworth House School,which closed in the summer of 2010.

TheHurworth Grange Community Centreis based in a manor house built in 1875 by the Backhouse family. Facilities include the large hall, meeting rooms, lounge bar, sports hall, football pitch, children's play area, 14 acres (57,000 m²) of grounds and a concrete skateboard ramp. Hurworth Grange was once visited byRudyard Kipling;it is claimed that 'The Roman Centurion's Song' is based on asarcophagushe saw there. The village has a number of other amenities including afish and chip shop,village shop pubs, a garage, community karate club (Kyosho Karate) and a residential home.

Demographics

Transport

TheA167 roadcrosses the River Tees via Croft Bridge on its way towards Darlington, passing through Hurworth Place. The bridge was built on the site of an older one in 1673. The bridge has been closed to traffic many times in recent decades because of flooding of the Tees due to heavy rainfall inTeesdale.The fourth of the seven arches on the bridge marks the boundary betweenNorth Yorkshireand County Durham.

TheStockton and Darlington RailwayCompany opened a branch line in 1829 which ran from Darlington and terminated within Hurworth parish, close to Croft Bridge. The settlement that grew up around it became known as Hurworth Place, described in 1834 as a hamlet in the township of Hurworth, growing rapidly under the influence of the railhead and coal depot.^[2]In 1841, theGreat North of England Railwayopened the main line between Darlington and York, passing through Hurworth parish; the previous branch line and terminus remained as goods facilities. A passenger station was built on the new line in Hurworth Place, although it was named Croft Station and later renamedCroft Spa Stationafter the village ofCroft-on-Teeswhich faces Hurworth Place on the opposite bank of the Tees. The branch line and goods yard, by then known as Croft Depot, closed in 1964, and Croft Spa station closed in 1969, but the line remains, forming part of theEast Coast Main LinebetweenDarlingtonandNorthallerton.

When travelling on the East Coast Main Line it is possible to seeRockliffe Park training ground,which lies to the east of the village. It is the training ground forMiddlesbrough FC.

History

There has been a settlement at Hurworth since at least as far back as the 12th century. The estate that Hurworth was part of has changed hands many times over the centuries.

In 1665, theGreat Plaguealmost wiped out the village population of 750 leaving only around 75 survivors. The plague struck many other nearby villages includingBirkbyandSouth Cowton.Three dips in the village green mark the site where as many as 1,500 people were buried in massivelimepits. According to old records, bodies from other nearby villages were ferried across the River Tees for burial in Hurworth.

Perhaps the most famous person to have lived in Hurworth wasWilliam Emerson,an eminent mathematician born in Hurworth in 1701. He was educated atNewcastle upon TyneandYorkand then devoted himself to mathematics. He died at Hurworth in 1782 and has a monument in the church of All Saints.

References

^"Parish and Darlington ward population 2011".Retrieved24 July2015.
^Mackenzie, Eneas; Ross, Marvin (1834).An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county palatine of Durham.Mackenzie and Dent. p.103.Retrieved17 October2010.hurworth place.

External links

[1] "Parish and Darlington ward population 2011".Retrieved24 July2015.

[mackenzie-2] Mackenzie, Eneas; Ross, Marvin (1834).An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county palatine of Durham.Mackenzie and Dent. p.103.Retrieved17 October2010.hurworth place.

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v t e Civil parishesinCounty Durham
includingStockton-on-Tees(north of the river)
Darlington	Parishes Archdeacon Newton Barmpton Bishopton Brafferton Coatham Mundeville Denton East and West Newbiggin Great Burdon Great Stainton Heighington High Coniscliffe Houghton le Side Hurworth Killerby Little Stainton Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent Middleton St. George Morton Palms Neasham Piercebridge Sadberge Summerhouse Walworth Whessoe Unparished areas The formerDarlington County Borough
County Durham	Towns Barnard Castle Bishop Auckland Chilton Ferryhill Great Aycliffe Greater Willington Peterlee Seaham Sedgefield Shildon Spennymoor Stanley Tow Law Parishes Barforth Barningham Bearpark Belmont Bishop Middleham Bolam Boldron Bournmoor Bowes Bradbury and the Isle Brancepeth Brandon and Byshottles Brignall Burnhope Cassop-cum-Quarrington Castle Eden City of Durham Cleatlam Cockfield Cornforth Cornsay Cotherstone Coxhoe Croxdale and Hett Dalton-le-Dale Dene Valley Easington Colliery Easington Village Edmondbyers Edmondsley Eggleston Egglestone Abbey Eldon Esh Etherley Evenwood and Barony Fishburn Forest and Frith Framwellgate Moor Gainford Gilmonby Great Lumley Greencroft Hamsterley Hamsterley Common Haswell Hawthorn Headlam Healeyfield Hedleyhope Hilton Holwick Hope Horden Hunderthwaite Hunstanworth Hutton Henry and Station Town Hutton Magna Ingleton Kelloe Kimblesworth and Plawsworth Lanchester Langleydale and Shotton Langton Lartington Little Lumley Lunedale Lynesack and Softley Marwood Mickleton Middleton in Teesdale Middridge Monk Hesleden Mordon Morton Tinmouth Muggleswick Murton Nesbitt Newbiggin North Lodge Ouston Ovington Pelton Pittington Raby with Keverstone Rokeby Romaldkirk Sacriston Satley Scargill Seaton with Slingley Shadforth Sheraton with Hulam Sherburn Village Shincliffe Shotton South Bedburn South Hetton Staindrop Stanhope Startforth Streatlam and Stainton Thornley Toft Hill Trimdon Trimdon Foundry Urpeth Waldridge Wackerfield Weather Hill Wood West Auckland West Rainton and Leamside Westwick Wheatley Hill Whorlton Windlestone Wingate Winston Witton Gilbert Witton-le-Wear Wolsingham Wolsingham Park Moor Woodland Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas The formerChester le Street Urban District Consett Parts of the formerDurham Municipal Borough Parts of the formerBishop Auckland Urban District Crook and Willington Urban District Stanley Urban District
Hartlepool	Towns Headland Parishes Brierton Claxton Dalton Piercy Elwick Greatham Hart Newton Bewley Wynyard Unparished areas Part of the formerHartlepool County Borough
Stockton-on-Tees	Towns Billingham Parishes Aislaby Carlton Egglescliffe Elton Grindon and Thorpe Thewles Longnewton Newsham Preston-on-Tees Redmarshall Stillington and Whitton Wolviston Wynyard Unparished areas Part of the formerTeesside County Borough
For further information about the above parishes, seeList of civil parishes in County Durham. For the part ofStockton-on-Tees (borough)south of theRiver Tees,seeList of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.

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