Escomb
Escomb is a village and former civil parish on the River Wear about 1+1⁄2 miles west of Bishop Auckland, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 358 residents
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Escomb, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Escomb Church and St. Paul’s Church.
Escomb Church
Church
Photo: Bigbadsworld, Public domain.
Escomb Church is the Church of England parish church of Escomb, County Durham, a village about 1+1⁄2 miles west of Bishop Auckland. It is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England and one of only four complete Anglo-Saxon churches remaining in England, the others being St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Greensted Church, and All Saints' Church, Brixworth.
Bishop Auckland College
College
Bishop Auckland College is a further education college located in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. It is located on Woodhouse Lane next to St John's Catholic School, and opposite Bishop Barrington Academy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodside and Toronto.
Woodside
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodside is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated 2 miles to the west of Bishop Auckland. In the 2001 census Woodside had a population of 153.
Toronto
Village
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Toronto is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a mile to the north-west of Bishop Auckland and was represented in Wear Valley District Council until that authority was merged into Durham County Council in April 2009.
Witton Park
Village
Photo: Pit-yacker, CC BY 2.5.
Witton Park is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland. In 2001 it had a population of 384.
Escomb
- Category: locality
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.66539° or 54° 39′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.70898° or 1° 42′ 32″ westPopulation
358Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
9C6WM78R+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 365106731OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263722Wikidata ID
Q5397374
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Escomb” goes by many names.
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Escomb War Memorial and Escomb Cemetery.
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