Eggleston

Eggleston is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 448.[1] It is situated in Teesdale, a few miles north-west of Barnard Castle.[2]

For other uses, see Eggleston (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Eccleston (disambiguation).

Eggleston

Holy Trinity Church, Eggleston
Eggleston
Location within County Durham
Population448 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY984227
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBarnard Castle
Postcode districtDL12
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

Etymology

The second element of Eggleston is Old English tün, 'enclosure, estate, settlement'. The first element could be the Cumbric word represented today by Welsh eglwys 'church'. However, the first element could also be from the Old Norse personal name Egill or an Anglo-Saxon personal name like Ecgwulf or Ecgel, in which case the name means 'Ecgel's estate'.[3][4]

Local lore notes the presence of a large stone (near Eggleston Hall) with iron eyelets affixed. The story is that eagles to be used in falconry, while in training, were tied to the stone with long leads. According to local knowledge the stone long ago was known as the Eagle Stone which over the centuries evolved into current place name Eggleston.

History

The village is first mentioned in tax records of 1196.[5] The remains of ridge and furrow from the medieval period can still be seen. Many of the cottages date from the 18th century and were built by the Society of Friends, who owned lead mines in the area. Forty men were employed as miners until 1904 when the company closed the smelting mills.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. "History of Eggleston, in Teesdale and County Durham - Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk.
  3. Fox, Bethany (2007). "The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland". The Heroic Age.
  4. "Fox—P-Celtic Place-Names—Appendix". www.heroicage.org.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.explorenorthpennines.org.uk/sites/default/files/activity/downloads/enp059.pdf

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