Bishop Middleham
Parish in the County of Durham
Etymology
In 1831 the parish of Bishop Middleham included the townships of Bishop Middleham, Cornforth, Mainsforth and Thrislington. Garmondsway Moor was an extra-parochial place. The parish lies almost entirely on the Magnesian Limestone and the surface of the parish is widely diversified by limestone hills and marshes. There are numerous quarries and former quarries. Limeworking took place in Cornforth in the 16th and 17th centuries and a coal-mine is mentioned in Cornforth in 1401 and 1454. There were later collieries at Thrislington and Bishop Middleham, VCH III204.
Major Settlements
Other places in this Parish
Other OS name
- Stoneybeck Lane
- Thristlington Hall, Thristlington Plantn
- Mainsforth Hall
- Stony Beck, Stony Bridge
- Brandon Hill, Brandon Ho
- W Cornforth, W Cornforth Qy
- Fox & Hounds
- Hare & Hounds
- Metal Bridge
- Simonside
- Stob Cross, Stob Cross Lane
- Stotforth
- Swan Ho
- Tursdale Junctn
- White Ho
- The Carrs
- Lough Ho
- Nable Hill
- Ruffers Plantn
- Broad Oak Fm
- The Carrs
- College Ho
- Draker's Lane
- East Ho
- Farnless
- Highland Ho, Highland Qy
- Holdforth Bridge, Holdforth Plantn
- Hope Ho
- Island Farm
- Mahon Ho
- Middleham Castle
- Old Hall
- River Skerne
- Sprucely, Sprucely Plantn
- Woodstock Ter
- Morrison Terrace
- Westfield Ter