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Cockerton is an area, or
Cockerton Conservation Area
which is managed by Darlington Borough Council.
A selection of mostly independent retailers are based around this area with some chain stores such as a Co-operative food store and a post office. There is local pubs, chemists, a florist, a fruiterer, bakers, butchers, a discount food store, barbers, cafés, estate agents, insurance brokers and financial advisers. A new
St. Mary's CofE
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Cockerton Methodist Church.
Cockerton Prize Silver Band
The band was established in 1863, when James Hoggett, a local music teacher, brought a number of young Cockerton men together to form a small band. The band was originally known as "The Chickens" but was changed later by Hoggett to "reflect the true values of the band". The band still rehearse twice a week and are regularly out performing.
St. Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary
Holy Family RC Primary School
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Secondary: * Darlington School of Maths and Science * Carmel RC Technology College * Hummersknott School
Cockerton Prize Silver Band
{{authority control Villages in County Durham Suburbs of Darlington
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
, of north-west Darlington in the borough of Darlington
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 border ...
, County Durham, England
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. The Cocker Beck flows through the area and empties into the River Skerne
The River Skerne is a tributary of the River Tees. It flows through County Durham in England.
Course
The Skerne is about long and begins in Magnesian Limestone hills between Trimdon and Trimdon Grange and ends at Hurworth Place where it ...
via The Denes, an area and string of valleyed parks donated for the town in the early 20th century. It is also near Mowden, Branksome, West Park and Faverdale.
Etymology
The -''ton'' of ''Cockerton'' is fromOld English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...
''tūn'' 'estate'; the ''cocker-'' element is less certain but seems to have been a Cumbric
Cumbric was a variety of the Common Brittonic language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North" in what is now the counties of Westmorland, Cumberland and northern Lancashire in Northern England and the souther ...
river-name, still represented as the name of Cocker Beck. Allen Mawer, ''The place names of Northumberland and Durham'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1920), s.v.; Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).
Cockerton Village
The original village layout, known still as "Cockerton Village", remains recognisable. This is mainly due to the village green and surrounding houses and cottages being well preserved, with most rebuilding having been carried out with sympathy to the adjacent surroundings. The village is also largely covered by thCockerton Conservation Area
which is managed by Darlington Borough Council.
Amenities, facilities and services
A selection of mostly independent retailers are based around this area with some chain stores such as a Co-operative food store and a post office. There is local pubs, chemists, a florist, a fruiterer, bakers, butchers, a discount food store, barbers, cafés, estate agents, insurance brokers and financial advisers. A new Coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and ...
betting shop has replaced the Blockbusters DVD rental store.
Cockerton Library has been housed in an award-winning building from 1970.
There are several churches on and adjacent to the green, includinSt. Mary's CofE
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Cockerton Methodist Church.
Cockerton Band
The village is also home to the historiCockerton Prize Silver Band
The band was established in 1863, when James Hoggett, a local music teacher, brought a number of young Cockerton men together to form a small band. The band was originally known as "The Chickens" but was changed later by Hoggett to "reflect the true values of the band". The band still rehearse twice a week and are regularly out performing.
Education
The community of Cockerton is served by schools across the town of Darlington but particularly by local schools. These include: Primary:St. Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary
Holy Family RC Primary School
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Secondary: * Darlington School of Maths and Science * Carmel RC Technology College * Hummersknott School
References
External links
Cockerton Prize Silver Band
{{authority control Villages in County Durham Suburbs of Darlington