Whitworth, County Durham

Whitworth
Whitworth Hall
Whitworth Location within County Durham
Civil parish	Spennymoor
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
List of places UK England County Durham 54°42′11″N1°38′02″W / 54.703°N 1.634°W / 54.703; -1.634

Whitworth is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Spennymoor, in County Durham, England, centred on Whitworth Hall. In 1931 the parish had a population of 6096. ^[1] It was one of several parishes abolished on 1 April 1937 to create the parish of Spennymoor. ^[2] Whitworth Hall (now a hotel) is on the road between Spennymoor and Brancepeth, and is close to Tudhoe. The house was in former times the home of the Shafto family, whose most famous member (from the 18th century) was Bobby Shafto, subject of a famous English nursery rhyme.

References

1. "Population statistics Whitworth CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
2. "Spennymoor CP through time – Administrative history of parish-level unit: hierarchies, boundaries". University of Portsmouth . Retrieved 23 October 2009.