Barforth

Barforth
The ruins of St Lawrence's chapel are among the few visible remains of Old Richmond
Barforth Barforth shown within County Durham
Population	77 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	NZ167163
Shire county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DARLINGTON
Postcode district	DL2 3DR
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
List of places: UK • England • County Durham

Barforth is a civil parish in the Teesdale district of County Durham, England, near Gainford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 77. The northern border of the parish is the River Tees.

Landmarks

The abandoned village of Old Richmond lay in Barforth, west of Gainford, and the remains include the ruins of a dovecote and of St Lawrence's chapel, as well as the still-inhabited Barforth Hall.

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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 • Low Dinsdale • Middleton St George • Morton Palms • Neasham • Piercebridge • Sadberge • Sockburn • Summerhouse • Walworth • Whessoe Unparished areas: The former Darlington County Borough

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 • 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 • 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 • Trimdon • Trimdon Foundry • Urpeth • Waldridge • Wackerfield • Weather Hill Wood • West Auckland • West Rainton • 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 • 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 Unparished areas: Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough

Stockton on Tees	Towns: Billingham Parishes: Aislaby • Carlton • Egglescliffe • Elton • Grindon • Longnewton • Newsham • Preston on Tees • Redmarshall • Stillington and Whitton • Wolviston 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.