Mickleton, County Durham

Mickleton
Mickleton
	Blacksmith's Arms pub, Mickleton
	Mickleton Location within County Durham
Population	413 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY965237
Unitary authority	County Durham;
Ceremonial county	County Durham;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Barnard Castle
Postcode district	DL12
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Bishop Auckland;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°36′32″N 2°03′20″W / 54.60877°N 2.05569°W

Mickleton is a village and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England, situated 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north west of Barnard Castle. Lying within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District has been administered with County Durham since 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972

History

In 1086, the village was recorded in the Domesday Book, with a population of 37 households.^[2]

In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mickleton as:

"a township in Romald-Kirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Tees river and Tees Valley railway, 7¼ miles NW of Barnard-Castle. It has a post office under Darlington, a r. station, a chapel of ease, chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a free school. Acres, 4,890. Real property, £3,169. Pop., 688. Houses, 122. Most of the surface is high moorland.^[3]

A railway station on the Tees Valley Railway served the village between 1868 and 1964.^[4]

Mickleton is situated by the meeting of the Lune River, as it leaves Lunedale, and joins the Tees, behind Mickleton on the Lunedale Hills looms the Bronze Age burial site of Kirkcarrion.

Governance

Mickleton was part of the local government district of Teesdale from 1974 before it was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. For the purposes of Durham County Council elections, Mickleton is located in the Barnard Castle West ward.

The village lies within the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2019 general election, is Dehenna Davison.

Community and culture

Mickleton village hall was built in 1993, and formally opened in 1994 by the Earl of Strathmore Michael Bowes-Lyon,^[5] it is a multi-purpose venue, hosting monthly parish council meetings, private functions and entertainment events such as Mickleton Live, which has seen performances from acts such as guitarist Albert Lee^[6]

The village has two public houses, The Crown and The Blacksmith's Arms, as well as an independently owned filling station.^[7]

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ "Mickleton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Mickleton - Vision of Britain". Vision of Britain.
^ "Disused Stations: Mickleton Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Mickleton Village Hall – The Village Hall Association". Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Guitar legend pencils in return to the dale". www.teesdalemercury.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Mickleton Service Station – Mickleton, Barnard Castle, DL12 0JY". Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

Media related to Mickleton, County Durham at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[2] "Mickleton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[3] "Mickleton - Vision of Britain". Vision of Britain.

[4] "Disused Stations: Mickleton Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[5] "Mickleton Village Hall – The Village Hall Association". Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[6] "Guitar legend pencils in return to the dale". www.teesdalemercury.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[7] "Mickleton Service Station – Mickleton, Barnard Castle, DL12 0JY". Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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v t e Civil parishes in County Durham
including Stockton-on-Tees (north of the river)
Darlington	Parishes Archdeacon Newton Barmpton Bishopton Brafferton Coatham Mundeville Denton East and West Newbiggin Great Burdon Great Stainton Heighington High Coniscliffe Houghton le Side Hurworth Killerby Little Stainton Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent Middleton St. George Morton Palms Neasham Piercebridge Sadberge Summerhouse Walworth Whessoe Unparished areas The former Darlington County Borough
County Durham	Towns Barnard Castle Bishop Auckland Chilton Ferryhill Great Aycliffe Greater Willington Peterlee Seaham Sedgefield Shildon Spennymoor Stanley Tow Law Parishes Barforth Barningham Bearpark Belmont Bishop Middleham Bolam Boldron Bournmoor Bowes Bradbury and the Isle Brancepeth Brandon and Byshottles Brignall Burnhope Cassop-cum-Quarrington Castle Eden City of Durham Cleatlam Cockfield Cornforth Cornsay Cotherstone Coxhoe Croxdale and Hett Dalton-le-Dale Dene Valley Easington Colliery Easington Village Edmondbyers Edmondsley Eggleston Egglestone Abbey Eldon Esh Etherley Evenwood and Barony Fishburn Forest and Frith Framwellgate Moor Gainford Gilmonby Great Lumley Greencroft Hamsterley Hamsterley Common Haswell Hawthorn Headlam Healeyfield Hedleyhope Hilton Holwick Hope Horden Hunderthwaite Hunstanworth Hutton Henry and Station Town Hutton Magna Ingleton Kelloe Kimblesworth and Plawsworth Lanchester Langleydale and Shotton Langton Lartington Little Lumley Lunedale Lynesack and Softley Marwood Mickleton Middleton in Teesdale Middridge Monk Hesleden Mordon Morton Tinmouth Muggleswick Murton Nesbitt Newbiggin North Lodge Ouston Ovington Pelton Pittington Raby with Keverstone Rokeby Romaldkirk Sacriston Satley Scargill Seaton with Slingley Shadforth Sheraton with Hulam Sherburn Village Shincliffe Shotton South Bedburn South Hetton Staindrop Stanhope Startforth Streatlam and Stainton Thornley Toft Hill Trimdon Trimdon Foundry Urpeth Waldridge Wackerfield Weather Hill Wood West Auckland West Rainton and Leamside Westwick Wheatley Hill Whorlton Windlestone Wingate Winston Witton Gilbert Witton-le-Wear Wolsingham Wolsingham Park Moor Woodland Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas The former Chester le Street Urban District Consett Parts of the former Durham Municipal Borough Parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District Crook and Willington Urban District Stanley Urban District
Hartlepool	Towns Headland Parishes Brierton Claxton Dalton Piercy Elwick Greatham Hart Newton Bewley Wynyard Unparished areas Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough
Stockton-on-Tees	Towns Billingham Parishes Aislaby Carlton Egglescliffe Elton Grindon and Thorpe Thewles Longnewton Newsham Preston-on-Tees Redmarshall Stillington and Whitton Wolviston Wynyard Unparished areas Part of the former Teesside County Borough
For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham. For the part of Stockton-on-Tees (borough) south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.