Romaldkirk

Romaldkirk

Romaldkirk village green
Romaldkirk
 Romaldkirk shown within County Durham
Population 169 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNY994220
Unitary authorityCounty Durham
Ceremonial countyCounty Durham
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Barnard Castle
Postcode district DL12 9
Police Durham
Fire County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK ParliamentBishop Auckland
List of places
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England
County Durham

Coordinates: 54°35′37″N 2°00′38″W / 54.59358°N 2.01049°W / 54.59358; -2.01049

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

It is thought that the name might be derived from St. Rumwold, a little-known Saxon saint who is said to have preached the Gospel after his baptism as an infant; his resting place is recorded as being in Buckingham. The village church at Strixton, Northamptonshire is unusually dedicated to him.

The village was formerly served by Romaldkirk railway station.

Thomas Page, the engineer, grew up in Romaldkirk.[2]

The architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew are buried near the village church.

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. Stanley Smith, ‘Page, Thomas (1803–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 May 2011
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