Barningham, County Durham

Barningham is a village in County Durham, in the Pennines of England.

1. History

Barningham is listed in the Domesday Book under the Gilling Wapentake (later Gilling West and part of the Honour of Richmond) of Yorkshire as a property owned in 1066 by an Anglo-Saxon lord, Thor, before the Norman conquest; by 1086, the ownership had transferred to Enisant Musard, with Count Alan of Brittany as a tenant. The village, along with the wider and former Startforth Rural District, was formerly governed under the North Riding and was transferred to County Durham's governance in 1974.

1. Amenities

Barningham is a tranquil conservation village of around 60 houses. It has a large village green, a church, a stately home occupied by a local landowning baronet, a village hall used by local interest groups and a recently restored pub. It is on the edge of moors stretching westwards to Cumbria and is a good base for walking the local dales and hills. The village has an enthusiastic local history society which runs a website and offers assistance to anyone trying to trace ancestors from the area.

1. Notable buildings

Barningham Park has been the home of the Milbank family since 1690. It is a Grade II* listed country house dating from the 15th century set in a 7000-acre estate. The Milbank Arms is a Grade II listed public house built in the early 19th century and extensively rebuilt in 2019. It was formerly on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

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1. External links

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Milbank Arms, Barningham

The Milbank Arms is a Grade II listed public house at Barningham, County Durham. Built in the early 19th century, it spent a period as a hotel before converting to a public house. It was one of the last public houses in the country to not include a bar counter when one was fitted in 2018. The public house, and former hotel, are named after local land owning family, the Milbanks, who have recently taken over the license.

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Barningham Park

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