Toronto
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 399 residents
- Description: village in County Durham in England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Toronto, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vinovia and Auckland Castle.
Vinovia
Photo: rob bishop, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vinovia or Vinovium was a Roman fort and settlement situated just over 1 mile to the north of the town of Bishop Auckland on the banks of the River Wear in County Durham, England.
Auckland Castle
Photo: Pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. The castle was a residence of the bishops of Durham from approximately 1183 and was their primary residence between 1832 and 2012, when the castle and its contents were sold to the Auckland Castle Trust.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Escomb and Hunwick.
Escomb
Village
Photo: Hodgsonge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Hunwick
Hamlet
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hunwick is a semi-rural village in County Durham, England. There are actually two villages that are often referred to collectively as Hunwick, Hunwick and New Hunwick although it is generally accepted that the two villages are now as one.
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
- Category: locality
- Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.67147° or 54° 40′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.69276° or 1° 41′ 34″ westPopulation
399Elevation
377 feet (115 metres)Open location code
9C6WM8C4+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1210689889OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263723Wikidata ID
Q7826247
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Toronto” goes by many names.
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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 “Toronto”. Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.