Bearpark

Bearpark
Bearpark
	; The centre of Bearpark village
	Bearpark Location within County Durham
Population	2,283 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	NZ238431
Unitary authority	County Durham;
Ceremonial county	Durham;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DURHAM
Postcode district	DH7
Dialling code	0191
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	City of Durham;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°46′56″N 1°37′48″W / 54.782222°N 1.630000°WCoordinates: 54°46′56″N 1°37′48″W / 54.782222°N 1.630000°W

Bearpark is a village and civil parish in County Durham in England. It is situated two and a half miles west of Durham, and a short distance to the north of Ushaw Moor. The name may be a corruption of the French term Beau Repaire – meaning "beautiful retreat". Half a mile to the north of the present village lies the ruins of Beaurepaire Priory, built in 1258 by the Prior of Durham, Bertram de Middleton, as a retirement residence. The building was extended in the subsequent three centuries, becoming a retreat for the Durham monks in a similar way to the nearby Finchale Priory. The manor was largely destroyed by the Scots in 1640 and 1644 during the British Civil War.^[2]^[3] In 1872, Theodore Fry was involved in founding the Bearpark Coal and Coke Company, which established a coal mine in Bearpark until 1984, when the mine was closed.

Bearpark Community Centre is at the hub of the local village, a red brick building originally built in 1921 as a miners' welfare hall. An old pit wheel stands in front of the building, a memorial to the village's mining history.

References[]

Margot Johnson. "Beaurepaire" in Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area. Sixth Edition. Turnstone Ventures. 1992. ISBN 094610509X. Page 33.

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ "Chapel of Beaurepaire, Bearpark, Witton Gilbert (Bearpark)". Durham County Council and Northumberland County Council. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1985). The Buildings of England: County Durham. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978 0 300 09599 9.

4. ^ "A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark County Durham". ISBN 0 900974 56 7

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[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[2] "Chapel of Beaurepaire, Bearpark, Witton Gilbert (Bearpark)". Durham County Council and Northumberland County Council. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[3] Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1985). The Buildings of England: County Durham. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978 0 300 09599 9.

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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.

Bearpark
The centre of Bearpark village
Bearpark Location within County Durham
Population	2,283 (2011 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	NZ238431
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DURHAM
Postcode district	DH7
Dialling code	0191

Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East

UK Parliament	City of Durham
List of places UK England County Durham 54°46′56″N 1°37′48″W / 54.782222°N 1.630000°W / 54.782222; -1.630000Coordinates: 54°46′56″N 1°37′48″W / 54.782222°N 1.630000°W / 54.782222; -1.630000