| Forest and Frith | |
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 Harwood Beck and hills | |
  Forest and Frith Location within County Durham | |
| Population | 163 (2011 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Forest and Frith is a civil parish in the County Durham unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 163. [1]
The parish has an area of 7,002 hectares (27.03 sq mi). [1] It is bordered by the parishes of Stanhope to the north, Newbiggin to the east, Holwick to the south east and Lunedale to the south, in County Durham, [2] and by Westmorland and Furness in Cumbria to the west, the western boundary being the River Tees and Cow Green Reservoir. The main settlements in the parish are Forest-in-Teesdale, Ettersgill, Harwood and Langdon Beck. [3]
The 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Forest and Frith as a township in Middleton-in-Teesdale of 17,270 acres (6,990 ha; 26.98 sq mi) with a population of 862 in 130 houses. [4] In 1866 it became a parish in its own right. [5]
It does not have a parish council but has a parish meeting. [6]
There are 10 listed buildings in the parish: a barn, 3 bridges, 5 milestones and a water wheel pit. [7] The parish lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [8]
The church of St James the Less, Forest and Frith was built in 1845 and is off the B6277 road south of Langdon Beck. [9] [10]
The word "Forest" in the name means open land used for hunting, as in Royal forest and New Forest, and "frith" means woodland, as in Chapel en le Frith. [11] [12]
