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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham Parishes]]  
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== Parish History  ==
== Parish History  ==
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CONISCLIFFE (St. Edwin), a'''parish''', in the union of Darlington, S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the'''townships''' of Carlebury and Low Coniscliffe There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50894#s6 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 679-682.</ref>  
CONISCLIFFE (St. Edwin), a'''parish''', in the union of Darlington, S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the'''townships''' of Carlebury and Low Coniscliffe There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50894#s6 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 679-682.</ref>  


Coniscliffe is an ancient parish and the church dedicated to St Edwin is a Norman church which underwent restoration in 1892. The parish on the banks of the River Tees includes High and Low Coniscliffe,Carlbury and Thornton Hall.


CONISCLIFFE (St. Edwin), a parish, in the union of Darlington, S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the townships of Carlebury and Low Coniscliffe, 422 inhabitants, of whom 244 are in the township of High Coniscliffe, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Darlington, on the road to Barnard-Castle. The village of High Coniscliffe, in which stands the church, is situated on the north bank of the Tees, occupying an eminence nearly surrounded by quarries. The living is a vicarage, endowed with a portion of the rectorial tithes, and valued in the king's books at £7. 18. 1½.; patron, the Bishop of Durham; impropriator of the remainder of the rectorial tithes, P. H. Howard, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £179, and the small for £182; the vicar has a glebe of 60 acres. The church is a very ancient structure, partly in the Norman and partly early English, with a Norman tower surmounted by a handsome spire. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.


CONISCLIFFE, LOW, a township, in the parish of Coniscliffe, union of Darlington, S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 3 miles (W.) from Darlington; containing 134 inhabitants. This place is on the north bank of the Tees, and on the road from Darlington to Carlebury. Thornton Hall, within the township, now a farmhouse, was the seat of the Tailbois, the Thornton, the Bowes, and Honeywood families.  
Coniscliffe is an ancient parish and the church dedicated to St Edwin is a Norman church which underwent restoration in 1892. The parish on the banks of the River Tees includes High and Low Coniscliffe,Carlbury and Thornton Hall.  


From: 'Conhope - Cooknoe', ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 679-682. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50894 Date accessed: 21 March 2011.<br>  
From: 'Conhope - Cooknoe', ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 679-682. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50894 Date accessed: 21 March 2011.<br>  
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