Edmondsley

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Edmondsley
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Edmondsley
Location within County Durham
Population543 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NZ237490
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Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DURHAM
Postcode district DH7
Dialling code 0191
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54°50′06″N1°37′55″W / 54.835°N 1.632°W / 54.835; -1.632

Edmondsley is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Chester-le-Street, near the villages of Craghead and Sacriston.

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Coal mining once provided the village's main source of employment, but the last mines in the area had closed by the mid-1980s.

Edmondsley has one primary school and a post office. There was also a public house, the Fleece, but this closed in 2007.

Etymology

The name Edmondsley is first recorded in c. 1190 in the form Edemannesleye. It appears to have come from the Old English Eadmund or *Eadmann + leah ("Edmund's clearing"). [2]

Notable people

Captain Ben Clayton M.C., was an art teacher and the eldest son of the village schoolmaster John Clayton B.A.,J.P. Ben Clayton lived in School House, Edmondsley and was killed at Passchendaele 16 August 1917, aged 22 years . [3] The professional footballer and trade unionist Thomas Burlison, Baron Burlison (1936–2008) was born in Edmondsley. [4]

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. Mawer, Allen, The Place-Names of Northumberland and Durham (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1920), p. 71.
  3. 'Uncle Ben':David Britton; Brown Dog Books,2018.
  4. "Obituaries: Lord Burlison: GMB and Labour stalwart". The Independent . Independent News and Media. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

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