Gilmonby

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Gilmonby
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Gilmonby
Location within County Durham
OS grid reference NZ006129
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Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Barnard Castle
Postcode district DL12
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54°30′42″N1°59′29″W / 54.51176°N 1.9915°W / 54.51176; -1.9915 Coordinates: 54°30′42″N1°59′29″W / 54.51176°N 1.9915°W / 54.51176; -1.9915

Gilmonby is a village in the Pennines in County Durham, England. [1] [2] it is situated a short distance to the south of Bowes, in the vicinity of Barnard Castle. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Information is kept in the Bowes parish details. It is traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 92 Barnard Castle & Richmond (Teesdale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN   9780319228982.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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