Witton Park

Witton Park
Witton Park
	Low Queen Street in Witton Park
	Witton Park Location within County Durham
Population	3,323 (ward, including Witton Park) (2001 census)
OS grid reference	NZ208294
• London	227 mi (365 km) SbE
Unitary authority	County Durham;
Ceremonial county	County Durham;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BISHOP AUCKLAND
Postcode district	DL14
Dialling code	01388
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Bishop Auckland;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°39′59″N 1°44′01″W / 54.6663°N 1.7335°W

Witton Park is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland.

Famous people born in Witton Park

Brigadier General Roland Boys Bradford VC—youngest ever Brigadier General in the British Army at 25 (see the Bradford Brothers website for more information)
Hebrew scholar Dr. Thomas Witton Davies raised and educated in Witton Park
Henry Bolckow, the German partner of Bolckow Vaughan became a Member of Parliament as did Witton Park (and later Bishop Auckland) tradesman Ben Spoor.
Lord Essenden (William Lewis) world shipping magnate was born and lived in Dents Villas.

A detailed study of the impact on the village of the 'Schedule D' status conferred on Witton Park by the 1951 Durham County Plan, which banned new development and enforced housing demolition, a 1979 MA thesis by R Snowdon: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10107/1/10107_6901.PDF?UkUDh:CyT
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