Middleton-in-Teesdale

Middleton-in-Teesdale
Middleton-in-Teesdale
Town
	Middleton-in-Teesdale town centre
	Middleton-in-Teesdale Location within County Durham
Population	1,137 (2011)
Unitary authority	County Durham;
Ceremonial county	County Durham;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNARD CASTLE
Postcode district	DL12
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Bishop Auckland;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°37′22″N 2°04′40″W / 54.6229°N 2.0779°W

Middleton-in-Teesdale is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is in Teesdale, on the River Tees's north banks, and surrounded by the North Pennines. The town is between Eggleston and Newbiggin, a few miles to the north-west of Barnard Castle.

Administration[edit]

Middleton-in-Teesdale is administered by Durham County Council. It is part of the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons. Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was a part of the North East England constituency for the European Parliament. The local police force is Durham Constabulary.

History[edit]

The market town in Upper Teesdale expanded in the early 19th century when the London Lead Company moved its northern headquarters there from Blanchland in Northumberland. Much of the architecture from its days as a company town is still clearly visible. This includes Middleton House, formerly the headquarters of the company, the school (which is now an outdoor centre) and some company houses.

St Mary's Church, rebuilt in the late 1870s, has a historic detached bell tower with bells dating back to the 16th century.^[2] There are separate chapels for Catholics, Baptists, Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.^[3]

A fountain was erected in the town in 1877 to honour Robert Walton Bainbridge, superintendent of the London Lead Mining Company.^[4]

Middleton-in-Teesdale was the terminus of a railway line from Barnard Castle until this was closed as part of the Beeching Axe. The Wynch Bridge from 1830 close to the Low Force waterfall was built to allow miners to reach the Middleton mines.^[5] It is thought to be one of the oldest suspension bridge in England.^[6]

On 20 June 1939, a British American Air Services De Havilland Dragon Rapide (Registration:G-AERE) flying from Heston Aerodrome to Newcastle Airport crashed at Forest-in-Teesdale near Middleton-in-Teesdale. The weather was bad and the aircraft was flying low. The accident killed all three passengers and crew on board.^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Town population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ "St Mary's Middleton-in-Teesdale". Upper Teesdale Churches Together. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ "Middleton in Teesdale County Durham". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ 'Memorial Fountain to be repaired' Teesdale Mercury 23.7.2014 page 16
^ "Wynch Bridge". Britain Express. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ Trevelyan, W.C. (1828). "Description of the winch bridge, the oldest suspension bridge in England". The Philosophical Magazine. 4 (23). Taylor & Francis: The Philosophical Magazine, Series 2, Vol 4: 386. doi:10.1080/14786442808674863.
^ "G-AERE". Baaa-acro.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.

External links[edit]

[1] "Town population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[2] "St Mary's Middleton-in-Teesdale". Upper Teesdale Churches Together. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[3] "Middleton in Teesdale County Durham". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[4] 'Memorial Fountain to be repaired' Teesdale Mercury 23.7.2014 page 16

[5] "Wynch Bridge". Britain Express. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[6] Trevelyan, W.C. (1828). "Description of the winch bridge, the oldest suspension bridge in England". The Philosophical Magazine. 4 (23). Taylor & Francis: The Philosophical Magazine, Series 2, Vol 4: 386. doi:10.1080/14786442808674863.

[7] "G-AERE". Baaa-acro.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.

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v t e Civil parishes in County Durham
including Stockton-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 former Darlington 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 former Chester le Street Urban District Consett Parts of the former Durham Municipal Borough Parts of the former Bishop 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 former Hartlepool 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 former Teesside County Borough
For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham. For the part of Stockton-on-Tees (borough) south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.

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