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Old Eldon
Old Eldon is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Bishop Auckland.
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Eldon, County Durham
Eldon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. It gives its name to the peerage of the Earls of Eldon.
The village became a civil parish, with a parish council, on 1 April 2003. It had previously been part of Shildon parish. The population of this civil parish as at the 2011 census was 327.
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Close House, County Durham
Close House is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Shildon, near to Eldon and Coundon Grange. In the 2001 census Close House had a population of 296.
The famed Gilbert and Sullivan star John Reed was born here in 1916.
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Middridge
Middridge is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated east of Shildon and north-west of Newton Aycliffe. The village is situated near a quarry that was mined by the people many generations ago. There is one public house in the village: the Bay Horse. In 2011 the parish had a population of 312.
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Windlestone Hall
Windlestone Hall is a mid-16th century Elizabethan country house, heavily rebuilt in 1821 to form a Greek revival stately home, situated near Rushyford, County Durham, England. The Hall sits within 400 acres of designed parkland. It is a Grade II* Listed building. As of 2022 it is back in private family ownership, with the surrounding estate maintained and conserved by a dedicated heritage charitable trust.