Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAUGHTON-LE-SKERNE

HAUGHTON-LE-SKERNE, a village, a township, and a parish, in Darlington district, Durham. The village stands on the river Skerne, near the Northeastern and the Darlington and Stockton railways, 1½ mile NE of Darlington; is a considerable place; and has a bridge over the Skerne, and a post office under Darlington. The township comprises 1,898 acres. Real property, £3, 914. Pop. in 1851, 474; in 1861, 536. Houses, 125. The parish contains also the townships of Coatham-Mundeville, Whessoe, Brampton, Morton-Palms, Great Burdon, and Sadberge. Acres, 10, 301. Real property, £10, 395. Pop. in 1851, 1, 403; in 1861, 1, 473. Houses, 310. The property is much subdivided. Haughton Hall and Red Hall are chief residences. A great battle was fought at Haugh*ton Bridge, and an ancient causeway goes thence to Lingfield Lane. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £1, 000. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is ancient, with a tower; has a Norman door and chancel arch; contains old oak stalls and two brasses; and was reported, in 1859, as not good. A chapel of ease was built, in 1865, in Coatham-Mundeville; and is a handsome edifice, in the early English style. The vicarage of Sadberge is a separate beuefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £5. Bishop Butler was rector.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Haughton le Skerne Tn/CP/AP       County Durham AncC
Place: Haughton le Skerne

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