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Low Coniscliffe
Low Coniscliffe is a village in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent, in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 716. It is situated west of Darlington. Its present built-up area is confined in practice between the A1 road (Great Britain), A1, the A67 road, A67 and the River Tees, Tees, but its old boundaries probably extend much further. Its most obvious landmark on the A67 is the Baydale Beck Inn. The village contains a couple of listed buildings and the probable site of a Middle Ages, medieval manor house. There was once a gallows in the village. A rare fungus ''Rhodotus palmatus'' was found nearby. Geographical and political The local geology of Permian rocks includes limestone, chalk, gypsum and Sodium chloride, salt: all liable to be soluble or Karst topography, karstic, and these can cause subsidence and caves in some places, although not necessarily in Low Coniscliffe. The village i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlington (borough)
The Borough of Darlington is a unitary authority and borough in County Durham, Northern England. The borough is named after the town of Darlington, and in 2011 had a population of 106,000. It is in the Tees Valley mayoralty. The borough borders three local authority areas; County Durham is to the north and west, Stockton-on-Tees to the east and North Yorkshire to the south, the River Tees forming the border for the latter. History The current borough boundaries were formed on 1 April 1974, by the creation of a new non-metropolitan district of Darlington by the Local Government Act 1972, covering the previous county borough of Darlington along with nearly all of Darlington Rural District (the Newton Aycliffe parts of which went to Sedgefield). It remained part of County Durham for administrative purposes until reconstituted as a unitary authority on 1 April 1997. For ceremonial purposes it remains part of County Durham, with whom it continues to share certain local services, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
