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Startforth

Startforth

Startforth is a village on the end of south Teesdale, . The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.
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  • Type: Village with 1,390 residents
  • Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Startforth, County Durham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bowes Museum and Church of Holy Trinity.

Museum
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The is an art gallery in the town of , in in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892.

Church
Photo: Hodgsonge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Prison
is a male Category C Training Prison in , , England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barnard Castle and Boldron.

Photo: Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market town in in northeast England, with a population of 5800 in 2021. It has a picturesque ruined castle and the over-the-top Bowes Museum.

Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the of , situated close to . It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , in . The population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of . It is situated to the east of near the . is situated 1½ miles east of Startforth.

Startforth

Latitude
54.54133° or 54° 32′ 29″ north
Longitude
-1.93196° or 1° 55′ 55″ west
Population
1,390
Elevation
535 feet (163 metres)
Open location code
9C6WG3R9+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33806361
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637005
Wiki­data ID
Q687879
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Startforth” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Стартфортх”
  • Cebuano: “Startforth”
  • Chinese: “Startforth”
  • Dutch: “Startforth”
  • French: “Startforth”
  • Irish: “Startforth”
  • Italian: “Startforth”
  • Ladin: “Startforth”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Startforth”
  • Persian: “استارتفورث”
  • Polish: “Startforth”
  • Swedish: “Startforth”
  • Welsh: “Startforth”
  • “Startforth”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barnard Castle Bridge and Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Startforth”. Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.