Startforth

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Coordinates: 54°32′27″N 1°56′17″W / 54.54073, -1.93812

Startforth
Startforth Startforth shown within County Durham
OS grid reference	NZ041161
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
List of places: UK • England • County Durham

Startforth is a village in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England, situated a short distance south-west of Barnard Castle, on the opposite side of the River Tees. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the reason the village lies outside Barnard Castle's boundaries, although many of the villagers consider themselves to be residents of the town, with the village merely being a suburb. 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.

The village is the location of Deerbolt Prison, a male juvenile's prison and Young Offenders Institution.

History[]

The place-name 'Startforth' is first attested circa 1050, when it appears as Stretford. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Stradford. The name means 'street-ford', and refers to the paved ford by which the Roman road which passes through the village crosses the River Tees.^[1] The Roman road in question here linked the Roman forts of Bowes and Binchester. The paved ford is still visible in the bed of the river when the water is low.

Education[]

Startforth has one primary school, Startforth Morritt Memorial Church of England School.

References[]

^ Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.439.

External links[]

Media related to Startforth at Wikimedia Commons

v • d • e Civil parishes in County Durham

including Stockton on Tees (north of the river)

Darlington	Parishes: Archdeacon Newton • Barmpton • Bishopton • Brafferton • Coatham Mundeville • Denton • East and West Newbiggin • Great Burdon • Great Stainton • Heighington • High Coniscliffe • Houghton le Side • Hurworth • Killerby • Little Stainton • Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent • Low Dinsdale • Middleton St George • Morton Palms • Neasham • Piercebridge • Sadberge • Sockburn • Summerhouse • Walworth • Whessoe Unparished areas: The former Darlington County Borough

Durham	Towns: Barnard Castle • Bishop Auckland • Chilton • Ferryhill • Great Aycliffe • Greater Willington • Peterlee • Seaham • Sedgefield • Shildon • Spennymoor • Stanley • Tow Law Parishes: Barforth • Barningham • Bearpark • Belmont • Bishop Middleham • Bolam • Boldron • Bournmoor • Bowes • Bradbury and the Isle • Brancepeth • Brandon and Byshottles • Brignall • Burnhope • Cassop cum Quarrington • Castle Eden • Cleatlam • Cockfield • Cornforth • Cornsay • Cotherstone • Coxhoe • Croxdale and Hett • Dalton le Dale • Dene Valley • Easington Colliery • Easington Village • Edmondbyers • Edmondsley • Eggleston • Egglestone Abbey • Eldon • Esh • Etherley • Evenwood and Barony • Fishburn • Forest and Frith • Framwellgate Moor • Gainford • Gilmonby • Great Lumley • Greencroft • Hamsterley • Hamsterley Common • Haswell • Hawthorn • Headlam • Healeyfield • Hedleyhope • Hilton • Holwick • Hope • Horden • Hunderthwaite • Hunstanworth • Hutton Henry • Hutton Magna • Ingleton • Kelloe • Kimblesworth and Plawsworth • Lanchester • Langleydale and Shotton • Langton • Lartington • Little Lumley • Lunedale • Lynesack and Softley • Marwood • Mickleton • Middleton in Teesdale • Middridge • Monk Hesleden • Mordon • Morton Tinmouth • Muggleswick • Murton • Nesbitt • Newbiggin • North Lodge • Ouston • Ovington • Pelton • Pittington • Raby with Keverstone • Rokeby • Romaldkirk • Sacriston • Satley • Scargill • Seaton with Slingley • Shadforth • Sheraton with Hulam • Sherburn Village • Shincliffe • Shotton • South Bedburn • South Hetton • Staindrop • Stanhope • Startforth • Streatlam and Stainton • Thornley • Trimdon • Trimdon Foundry • Urpeth • Waldridge • Wackerfield • Weather Hill Wood • West Auckland • West Rainton • Westwick • Wheatley Hill • Whorlton • Windlestone • Wingate • Winston • Witton Gilbert • Witton le Wear • Wolsingham • Wolsingham Park Moor • Woodland • Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas: The former Chester le Street Urban District • Consett • Durham Municipal Borough • Parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District • Crook and Willington Urban District • Stanley Urban District

Hartlepool	Towns: Headland Parishes: Brierton • Claxton • Dalton Piercy • Elwick • Greatham • Hart • Newton Bewley Unparished areas: Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough

Stockton on Tees	Towns: Billingham Parishes: Aislaby • Carlton • Egglescliffe • Elton • Grindon • Longnewton • Newsham • Preston on Tees • Redmarshall • Stillington and Whitton • Wolviston Unparished areas: Part of the former Teesside County Borough

For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham. For the part of Stockton-on-Tees (borough) south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.

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