Cotherstone

Cotherstone
Cotherstone
	The village green
	Cotherstone Location within County Durham
Population	594 (2011)
OS grid reference	NZ011197
Unitary authority	County Durham;
Ceremonial county	County Durham;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNARD CASTLE
Postcode district	DL12
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Bishop Auckland;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°34′21″N 1°59′00″W / 54.57254°N 1.9832°W

Cotherstone is a village and civil parish in the Pennine hills, in Teesdale, County Durham, England. Cotherstone lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

There was a railway station at Cotherstone on the now-closed Barnard Castle to Middleton-in-Teesdale line. The railway line crossed the River Balder at the Balder Viaduct just north of Cotherstone.

Cotherstone cheese is a celebrated delicacy, and the village was famous for it by at least 1858.^[2]

Notable people

Hannah Hauxwell, who became famous through a Yorkshire Television documentary, farmed near Cotherstone and in 1988 moved to the village itself.

In 1973 Maxwell Fry and his wife Jane Drew, both modernist architects, retired to Cotherstone.^[3]

The jurist John Cyril Smith was born in the village in 1922.^[4]

Miles Stapleton was a notable Lord of Cotherstone (among other places) during the fourteenth century.^[5]

John Bowes bred four winners of The Derby at nearby Streatlam Castle, including Cotherstone.

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ "A Month in Yorkshire", by Walter White (1858), page 169
^ Alan Powers, ‘Fry, (Edwin) Maxwell (1899–1987)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ;online edn, May 2010 accessed 2 May 2011
^ Andrew Ashworth, ‘Smith, Sir John Cyril (1922–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, January 2007 accessed 2 May 2011
^ Caroline Shenton, ‘Stapleton, Sir Miles, of Bedale (1320?–1364)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2005 accessed 2 May 2011

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[2] "A Month in Yorkshire", by Walter White (1858), page 169

[3] Alan Powers, ‘Fry, (Edwin) Maxwell (1899–1987)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ;online edn, May 2010 accessed 2 May 2011

[4] Andrew Ashworth, ‘Smith, Sir John Cyril (1922–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, January 2007 accessed 2 May 2011

[5] Caroline Shenton, ‘Stapleton, Sir Miles, of Bedale (1320?–1364)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2005 accessed 2 May 2011

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v t e Civil parishes in County Durham
including Stockton-on-Tees (north of the river)
Darlington	Parishes Archdeacon Newton Barmpton Bishopton Brafferton Coatham Mundeville Denton East and West Newbiggin 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 Whessoe 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 Egglestone Abbey Eldon Esh Etherley Evenwood and Barony Fishburn Forest and Frith Framwellgate Moor Gainford Gilmonby Great Lumley Greencroft Hamsterley Hamsterley Common Haswell Hawthorn Headlam Healeyfield Hedleyhope Hilton Holwick Hope Horden Hunderthwaite Hunstanworth Hutton Henry and Station Town Hutton Magna Ingleton Kelloe Kimblesworth and Plawsworth Lanchester Langleydale and Shotton Langton Lartington Little Lumley Lunedale Lynesack and Softley Marwood Mickleton Middleton in Teesdale Middridge Monk Hesleden Mordon Morton Tinmouth Muggleswick Murton Nesbitt Newbiggin North Lodge Ouston Ovington Pelton Pittington Raby with Keverstone Rokeby Romaldkirk Sacriston Satley Scargill Seaton with Slingley Shadforth Sheraton with Hulam Sherburn Village Shincliffe Shotton South Bedburn South Hetton Staindrop Stanhope Startforth Streatlam and Stainton Thornley Toft Hill Trimdon Trimdon Foundry Urpeth Waldridge Wackerfield Weather Hill Wood West Auckland West Rainton and Leamside Westwick Wheatley Hill Whorlton Windlestone Wingate Winston Witton Gilbert Witton-le-Wear Wolsingham Wolsingham Park Moor Woodland Wycliffe with Thorpe 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 Wynyard Unparished areas Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough
Stockton-on-Tees	Towns Billingham Parishes Aislaby Carlton Egglescliffe Elton Grindon and Thorpe Thewles Longnewton Newsham Preston-on-Tees Redmarshall Stillington and Whitton 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.