Cornforth

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Cornforth
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Cornforth
Location within County Durham
Population2,501 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NZ313343
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Ferryhill
Postcode district DL17
Dialling code 01740
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Fire County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance North East
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54°42′10″N1°30′56″W / 54.70288°N 1.51551°W / 54.70288; -1.51551

Cornforth is a village in County Durham, England. It is adjacent to the village of West Cornforth, situated a short distance to the north-east of Ferryhill.

Before the middle part of the Victorian era, when coal mining was at its height in County Durham, Cornforth was in the parish of Bishop Middleham.

Thomas Hutchinson (bap. 1698, d. 1769) was a classical scholar, born in Cornforth and baptised there on 17 May 1698.

Village green and church at Cornforth Cornforth Village Green and Church.jpg
Village green and church at Cornforth

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 8 July 2015.