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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. Today, all that remains of the village is an early nineteenth-century mansion, a ruined church and a farmhouse built in the late eighteenth century.

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Place details

Locality
Neasham
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image
File:Sockburn Hall (rebuilt 1834) - geograph.org.uk - 226356.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Sockburn Hall (rebuilt 1834)
UK place.official_name
Sockburn
UK place.civil_parish
Neasham
UK place.unitary_england
Darlington
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Durham
UK place.region
North East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Sedgefield
UK place.post_town
Darlington
UK place.postcode_district
DL2
UK place.postcode_area
DL
UK place.os_grid_reference
NZ348075

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Sockburn Hall geograph-2364079-by-Mick-Garratt.jpg
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Sockburn
OS grid reference
NZ348075
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Contents
  • Governance
  • History
  • Celtic christianity
  • Church
  • Estate
  • Art and culture
  • Viking age hogbacks
  • References
  • Citations
  • Sources
  • External links

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. Today, all that remains of the village is an early nineteenth-century mansion, a ruined church and a farmhouse built in the late eighteenth century.

Sockburn is known for its links with Lindisfarne and Celtic Christianity, the discovery of Viking Age hogbacks, the Sockburn Worm folklore, and Sockburn Hall, a 19th-century country house and a Grade II listed building.

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