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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Hunwick St Paul was created in 1845 from | Hunwick St Paul was created in 1845 from [[Auckland_St_Andrew,_Durham]] Ancient Parish and [[Escomb,_Durham]] Parish and includes Newton Cap and Helmington. <br> | ||
HUNWICK, with Helmington, a township, in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, union of Auckland, N. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 3½ miles (N. W. by N.) from BishopAuckland; containing 338 inhabitants. It is situated on the bank of the Wear, and comprises about 1560 acres of land. A district chapel dedicated to St. Paul has been erected; the district consists of this township and part of that of Newton-Cap, and is bounded on the east and south by the river Wear. A fine mineral spring, much resorted to in cases of indigestion, became dry in 1842, owing to the sinking of a coal-pit. | |||
From: 'Huntingfield - Hurleston', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 588-591. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51055 Date accessed: 25 March 2011.<br> | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||