Eryholme

Eryholme
Eryholme  Eryholme shown within North Yorkshire
Population	80
OS grid reference	NZ321083
Civil parish	Eryholme
District	Richmondshire
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DARLINGTON
Postcode district	DL2
Dialling code	01325
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Richmond
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Coordinates: 54°28′09″N 1°30′14″W / 54.4693°N 1.5038°W / 54.4693; -1.5038

Eryholme is a village and civil parish in the district of Richmondshire in North Yorkshire, England.

The village is situated on the south bank of the River Tees opposite Hurworth, four and a half miles south-east of Darlington.

In this part of the Tees valley the river forms many loops called 'holmes'. The word 'holm' is of Viking origin and means "island formed by a river". Eryholme's name is, however, a corruption of its original name 'Erghum'. This name means shieling - a shelter for livestock, which comes from the Old Irish word 'airgh'. This word was introduced into Yorkshire place names by Norwegian Vikings who had lived in Ireland for a number of generations and adopted many Irish words.

St Mary the Virgin church, Eryholme

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Eryholme is a grade II* listed plain sandstone building, originally built c.1200 and modified in the 13th, 14th and 16th centuries. The registers at the church date from 1565.^[1]

Old brickworks at Eryholme

There are the remains of a Victorian era brick and tile works in the village.

The chief activity is farming; the farms forming part of the Neasham estate owned by the Wrightson family. Famous for the breeding of shorthorn cattle, a cow sold to the Colling brothers became part of the original stock from which was bred the Durham Ox and Comet.^[2]

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External links

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