Wolsingham
Sign in to saveWolsingham is a market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wolsingham
- UK place.static_image
- Town Hall, Market Place, Wolsingham - geograph.org.uk - 2585100.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wolsingham Town Hall
- UK place.population
- 2,720
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- County Durham
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- County Durham
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bishop Auckland
- UK place.post_town
- Bishop Auckland
- UK place.postcode_district
- DL13
- UK place.postcode_area
- DL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01388
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ075375
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Article
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- History
- Culture
- Wolsingham Agricultural Society
- Weardale Railway
- Education
- Media
- Notable inhabitants
- References
- External links
Wolsingham is a market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope.
==History== Wolsingham sits at the confluence of the River Wear and Waskerley Beck. It is a small settlement and one of the first market towns in County Durham, potentially deriving its name from the legendary Germanic family the Waelsingas, or from the personal name "Wolfsige". The earliest known record of the town is to be found in Reginald of Durham's Life of Godric where it is stated that the saint lived there for almost two years about 1120 AD with Elric the hermit.