Forest and Frith

Forest and Frith is a civil parish in the County Durham unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 163.[1]

Forest and Frith
Harwood Beck and hills
Forest and Frith is located in County Durham
Forest and Frith
Forest and Frith
Location within County Durham
Population163 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Forest and Frith
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

The parish has an area of 7,002 hectares (27.03 sq mi).[1] It is bordered by the parishes of Stanhope to the north, Newbiggin to the east, Holwick to the south east and Lunedale to the south, in County Durham,[2] and by the Eden District of Cumbria to the west, the western boundary being the River Tees and Cow Green Reservoir. The main settlements in the parish are Forest-in-Teesdale, Ettersgill, Harwood and Langdon Beck.[3]

The 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Forest and Frith as a township in Middleton-in-Teesdale of 17,270 acres (6,990 ha; 26.98 sq mi) with a population of 862 in 130 houses.[4] In 1866 it became a parish in its own right.[5]

It does not have a parish council but has a parish meeting.[6]

There are 10 listed buildings in the parish: a barn, 3 bridges, 5 milestones and a water wheel pit.[7] The parish lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[8]

The church of St James the Less, seen in 2009

The church of St James the Less, Forest and Frith was built in 1845 and is off the B6277 road south of Langdon Beck.[9][10]

The word "Forest" in the name means open land used for hunting, as in Royal forest and New Forest, and "frith" means woodland, as in Chapel en le Frith.[11][12]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Forest and Frith Parish (E04010630)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics.
  2. "Parish Boundary map". maps.durham.gov.uk. Durham County Council. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. "Forest and Frith Civil Parish". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Co-Curate. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. "Forest and Frith, County Durham". A vision of Britain through time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  5. "Relationships and changes Forest and Frith Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. "Forest and Frith Parish Meeting". cdalc.info. County Durham Association of Local Councils. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  7. "Historic Buildings and Monuments in Forest and Frith". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Co-Curate. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  8. "Welcome to the North Pennines". North Pennines AONB. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  9. "St. James the Less Church, Forest with Frith, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co Durham". Upper Teesdale Churches Together. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  10. "St James". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  11. "Teesdale history and scenery". England's North East. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  12. "Key to English Place-names: Forest and Frith". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2023.


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