Topics > Tees Valley > Civil Parishes in Tees Valley > High Coniscliffe Civil Parish > Coniscliffe Parish, 1848

Coniscliffe Parish, 1848


CONISCLIFFE (St. Edwin), a parish, in the union of Darlington, S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the townships of Carlebury and Low Coniscliffe, 422 inhabitants, of whom 244 are in the township of High Coniscliffe, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Darlington, on the road to Barnard-Castle. The village of High Coniscliffe, in which stands the church, is situated on the north bank of the Tees, occupying an eminence nearly surrounded by quarries. The living is a vicarage, endowed with a portion of the rectorial tithes, and valued in the king's books at £7. 18. 1½.; patron, the Bishop of Durham; impropriator of the remainder of the rectorial tithes, P. H. Howard, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £179, and the small for £182; the vicar has a glebe of 60 acres. The church is a very ancient structure, partly in the Norman and partly early English, with a Norman tower surmounted by a handsome spire. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.

High Coniscliffe Civil Parish High Coniscliffe Low Coniscliffe
2 Resources
Add Resource
High Coniscliffe
  Co-Curate Page
High Coniscliffe
- Overview About High Coniscliffe Map Street View High Coniscliffe is a village in the Borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, located by a bend in the …
Low Coniscliffe
  Co-Curate Page
Low Coniscliffe
- Overview About Low Coniscliffe Map Street View Low Coniscliffe is a village in the Borough of Darlington, located by the River Tees, just ove two miles west of the centre …

Comments

Add a comment or share a memory.

Login to add a comment. Sign-up if you don't already have an account.

Related Pages

ABOUT US

Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria. Co-Curate is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using social media and open archives/data.

LATEST SHARED RESOURCES