Bishopton
Parish in the County of Durham
Etymology
Bishopton parish comprises the three townships of Bishopton in the north-east, East Newbiggin & West Newbiggin to the south and Little Stainton to the west. The soil is clay, and in 1850 there were 2,370 acres of arable to 1,522 of pasture, VCH III 213.
Major Settlements
Other places in this Parish
Other OS name
- Little Stainton Bridge
- Mill Lane
- Longpasture House
- Morrington Bridge
- Mount Pleasant
- Bishopton Beck
- Bishopton Bridge
- Bishopton Mill
- Blue Bell P.H.
- Bulmerside Hill
- Coal Bank
- Cobby Castle, Cobby Castle Lane
- Downland Dairy Farm
- Folly Bank
- Galloping Hills
- Gately Moor
- Glebe Farm
- Mill Bridge
- Out House
- St Peter's Church
- Stillington Ox P.H.
- Town's Well
- West House
- Newbiggin Beck
- Nurseryfield Wood
- Ox Hill
- Pitfield House
- Sauf Hall
- Woodbine House
- Galloping Hill
- Great Care Cottage
- Hambleton View
- Hazlefield Cottage
- Little Stainton Beck
- Nova Scotia Plantation
- Petty's Nook
- Plantation
- Square Wood
- Woogra Plantation