Sockburn
Sockburn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Neasham, in the Darlington district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated at the apex of a meander of the River Tees, to the south of Darlington, known locally as the Sockburn Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sockburn Hall and All Saints Church.
Sockburn Hall
Castle
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Sockburn Hall is a privately owned 19th-century country house at Sockburn, near Darlington, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. As at 2008, both the Hall and adjoining Grade II coach house were listed by English Heritage on the Buildings at Risk Register, as was the adjacent ruined Grade I Church of All Saints.
All Saints Church
Church
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All Saints Church is a ruined Church of England parish church in Sockburn, County Durham, England. A Grade I listed building, the church has pre- and post-Conquest mediaeval aspects, and is linked to the legends of the Sockburn Worm.
All Saints’ Church, Girsby
Church
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All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Girsby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. In the mediaeval period, the village of Girsby was served by All Saints' Church, Sockburn on the opposite side of the River Tees.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Smeaton and Neasham.
Great Smeaton
Village
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Great Smeaton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on elevated ground near the River Wiske, which is a tributary of the River Swale. The parish population at the 2011 census was 187. Great Smeaton is situated 1½ miles south of Sockburn.
Neasham
Village
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Neasham is a village approximately four miles to the south east of Darlington in County Durham, England. Neasham is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sockburn.
Little Smeaton
Hamlet
Little Smeaton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Little Smeaton is situated 2½ miles south of Sockburn.
Sockburn
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: Sockburn, Darlington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sockburn” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sockburn”
- Chinese: “Sockburn”
- Dutch: “Sockburn”
- French: “Sockburn”
- Irish: “Sockburn”
- Italian: “Sockburn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sockburn”
- Persian: “ساکبرن”
- Polish: “Sockburn”
- Silesian: “Sockburn”
- Swedish: “Sockburn”
- Welsh: “Sockburn”
- “Sockburn”
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