Edmondsley

Edmondsley
Edmondsley Location within County Durham
Population	543 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	NZ237490
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	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	North Durham
List of places UK England County Durham 54°50′06″N 1°37′55″W / 54.835°N 1.632°W / 54.835; -1.632Coordinates: 54°50′06″N 1°37′55″W / 54.835°N 1.632°W / 54.835; -1.632

Edmondsley is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Chester-le-Street, near the villages of Craghead and Sacriston.

Coal mining once provided the village's main source of employment, but the last mines in the area had closed by the mid-1980s.

Edmondsley has one primary school and a post office. There was also a public house, the Fleece, but this closed in 2007.

Notable people[]

Captain Ben Clayton M.C., was an art teacher and the eldest son of the village schoolmaster John Clayton B.A.,J.P. Ben Clayton lived in School House, Edmondsley and was killed at Passchendaele 16 August 1917, aged 22 years .^[2] The professional footballer and trade unionist Thomas Burlison, Baron Burlison (1936–2008) was born in Edmondsley.^[3]

References[]

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^ 'Uncle Ben':David Britton; Brown Dog Books,2018.
^ "Obituaries: Lord Burlison: GMB and Labour stalwart". The Independent. Independent News and Media. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

External links[]

Media related to Edmondsley at Wikimedia Commons

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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