Gainford Hall - Geograph
Gainford may refer to: *Gainford, Alberta, Canada *Gainford, County Durham, England See also *Gainford Hall *Baron Gainford Baron Gainford, of Headlam in the County Palatine of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 January 1917 for the Liberal politician Jack Pease, a member of the Darlington Pease family. He notably served as ...

Gainford, Alberta
Gainford is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Parkland County. It is located approximately west of Edmonton and has an elevation of . The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 11 and in the federal riding of Yellowhead. The north border of Gainford shares part of the shore of Isle Lake. The Yellowhead Highway (Alberta Highway 16) passes through Gainford. History The first post office opened in 1910. The community takes its name from Gainford, County Durham, England. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gainford had a population of 118 living in 49 of its 67 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 99. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gainford had a population of 79 living in 38 of its 53 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 132. With a land area of , i ...
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Gainford, County Durham
Gainford or Gainford on Tees is a village on the north bank of the River Tees in County Durham, England. It is half-way between Barnard Castle and Darlington, near Winston, County Durham, Winston, at Ordnance Survey, OS map reference NZ 1716. History In Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon times, Gainford was the centre of an Estate (land), estate, part of the Northumbrian Congregation of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne. Later, this area was occupied by Vikings. Archaeologists have found Viking sculptures at Gainford and several examples of these have been put on display in the ''Open Treasure'' exhibition at Durham Cathedral. Many sculptures found at Gainford show both Northumbrian and Viking influence. Despite the Viking settlement, Northumbrian Angles remained major landowners along the banks of the Tees in Viking times. In the nineteenth century Gainford village had its own spa. Today its main features are an unspoilt village green, Gainford Hall, a Jacobean hall and a Georgian street called Hi ...
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Gainford Hall
Gainford Hall is a privately owned Jacobean manor house at Gainford, County Durham. It is a Grade I listed building but as of 2014 is registered as a Building at Risk. The house was built about 1603 to a design possibly by architect Robert Smythson for Rev John Cradock, Vicar of Gainford. The upper storey was never fully completed internally and the east wing staircase was not built. The property was much restored in the 19th century. Cradock was appointed Archdeacon of Northumberland in 1604 and Chancellor to the Bishop of Durham in 1619. William Cradock bought an estate at Hartforth, near Richmond, Yorkshire in 1720 and thereafter junior members of the family lived at Gainford. Marmaduke Cradock died at the Hall at the age of 90 in 1836. A 17th-century dovecote A dovecote or dovecot , doocot ( Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or b ...
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