Close House is a village in
County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East E ...
, in England.
It is situated a short distance to the north of
Shildon
Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham (district), County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first , built in 1825, and locomotive works on ...
, near to
Eldon and
Coundon Grange. In the
2001 census Close House had a population of 296.
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The famed Gilbert and Sullivan star
John Reed was born here in 1916.
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Villages in County Durham