Dalton-le-Dale is a small village in County Durham, in

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. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,546. It is situated on the old

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between

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and Murton.dalton-le-dale.com
/ref> Most of the village is located in a wooded valley bottom, straddling a single road which follows the stream that runs through what is left of Cold Hesledon

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. Where the road rises to meet the original path of the old A19, there is a small but very fine medieval church which is hidden from the old A19 in a dip. In the opposite direction where the village road to

crosses the stream is Dalden Tower. The pele-tower is the most prominent part of the remains of what was a large medieval manor house complex. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and the tower is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

References

External links

Dalton-le-Dale History Society
Villages in County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub