Dalton-le-Dale

Also known as Dalton-le-Dale, County Durham

Dalton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,546. It is situated on the old A19 road between Seaham and Murton.

Weather now

cached 229h ago

18°overcast clouds

67% 1.3 m/s OpenWeatherMap

Place details

Locality: Seaham
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Wikidata facts

Image

Article

4 sections

Contents

Setting and features
St Andrew's Church
References
External links

Dalton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,546. It is situated on the old A19 road between Seaham and Murton.

The vill of Daltun is named in Bede's Ecclesiastical History as having been given to Monkwearmouth monastery in the 8th century. In the 10th century it was given to the community of St Cuthbert by King Æthelstan.