Barforth

Barforth
The ruins of St. Lawrence's chapel, in Barforth, are among the few visible remains of Old Richmond.
Barforth Location within County Durham
Population	77 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	NZ167163
Shire county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DARLINGTON
Postcode district	DL2

Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East

UK Parliament	Bishop Auckland
List of places UK England County Durham 54°32′31″N 1°44′35″W / 54.542°N 1.743°W / 54.542; -1.743Coordinates: 54°32′31″N 1°44′35″W / 54.542°N 1.743°W / 54.542; -1.743

Barforth is a civil parish in the Teesdale district of County Durham, England, near Gainford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 77. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100. Information is therefore maintained in the parish of Ovington. The northern border of the parish is the River Tees.

Landmarks[]

The abandoned village of Old Richmond lay in Barforth, west of Gainford, and the remains include the ruins of a dovecote and of St Lawrence's chapel, as well as the still-inhabited Barforth Hall.

External links[]

Media related to Barforth at Wikimedia Commons
Barforth [Hall] in the Domesday Book

v t Civil parishes in County Durham
including Stockton-on-Tees (north of the river)
Darlington	Parishes Archdeacon Newton Barmpton Bishopton Brafferton Coatham Mundeville Denton Great Burdon Great Stainton Heighington High Coniscliffe Houghton le Side Hurworth Killerby Little Stainton Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent Middleton St. George Morton Palms Neasham Piercebridge Sadberge Summerhouse Walworth Unparished areas The former Darlington County Borough
County 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 City of Durham Cleatlam Cockfield Cornforth Cornsay Cotherstone Coxhoe Croxdale and Hett Dalton-le-Dale Dene Valley Easington Colliery Easington Village Edmondbyers Edmondsley Eggleston Eldon Esh Etherley Fishburn Framwellgate Moor Gainford Gilmonby Great Lumley Hamsterley Haswell Hawthorn Headlam Healeyfield Hilton Holwick Horden Hunderthwaite Hunstanworth Hutton Henry Hutton Magna Ingleton Kelloe Lanchester Langton Lartington Little Lumley Lunedale Marwood Mickleton Middleton in Teesdale Middridge Monk Hesleden Mordon Morton Tinmouth Muggleswick Murton Newbiggin Ouston Ovington Pelton Pittington Rokeby Romaldkirk Sacriston Satley Scargill Shadforth Sherburn Village Shincliffe Shotton South Bedburn South Hetton Staindrop Stanhope Startforth Thornley Toft Hill Trimdon Urpeth Waldridge Wackerfield West Auckland Westwick Wheatley Hill Whorlton Windlestone Wingate Winston Witton Gilbert Witton-le-Wear Wolsingham Woodland Unparished areas The former Chester le Street Urban District Consett Parts of the former 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 Longnewton Preston-on-Tees Redmarshall Wolviston Wynyard 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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