Sockburn
Sign in to saveSockburn 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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Key facts
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Neasham
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Sockburn Hall geograph-2364079-by-Mick-Garratt.jpg
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Governance
- History
- Celtic christianity
- Church
- Estate
- Art and culture
- Viking age hogbacks
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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.
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.