25-627: Muriel Young (19 June 1923 – 24 March 2001) was an English television continuity announcer, presenter and producer. Young was born in 1923 in Bishop Middleham near Sedgefield , County Durham. As a child, she lived with her family in the gatehouse of Elmwood (now the Elmwood Community Centre), Hartburn , County Durham near Stockton-on-Tees . Her father, Wilfrid Young, was batman and later chauffeur to Col. Kitching, who lived at Elmwood for many years after retiring from
50-476: A dental nurse and used her artistic talents to paint glassware. Starting out as an actress, she starred with Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall in The Constant Husband (1955); The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953), (acting in a segment featuring The Mikado ); and I'm All Right Jack (1959) as an announcer, without the director knowing that it was in fact her real-life job. In 1955, as
75-468: A disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg . She starred as Fortune Teller, Madam Rose, in 'Inside Job', (episode 33 of Dial 999 (TV series) ). Just before joining ITV, she had been on stage touring with Eamonn Andrews , in a game show called Double or Drop . Shortly after signing her ITV contract, he told her that he had sold the idea to the BBC. It was later used as part of the children's show Crackerjack! . She
100-515: A figure of 1,602 in the 2011 census for the ONS built-up-area which includes Crawleyside. In 2011 the parish population was 4,581. Stanhope parish is the largest parish area in England, at 85 square miles (221 km ) It has some land in common with the neighbouring Wolsingham civil parish. On 31 December 1894 "Stanhope Urban" parish was formed from part of Stanhope parish, but on 1 April 1937 it
125-417: A silver appearance. It is possible they may have had a religious use, as such pans are often shown carved on the site of Roman altars. The discovery of these objects and the small statue may suggest that an as yet undiscovered Roman temple is still to be found. There is little hard evidence for Anglo-Saxon settlement in the parish, though as Middleham is an Old English name for 'middle settlement or farm' there
150-683: Is a market town and civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham , England. It lies on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley , in the north-east of Weardale . The main A689 road over the Pennines is crossed by the B6278 between Barnard Castle and Shotley Bridge . In 2001 Stanhope had a population of 1,633, in 2019 an estimate of 1,627, and
175-664: Is a village in County Durham , in England . The population of the parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,275 It is close to Sedgefield . Bishop Middleham lies in a dry valley about 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Durham . Although much of County Durham had probably first been settled in the Mesolithic period , the first evidence for occupation in the parish dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age . At least two simple flint tools, including an arrowhead, have been found in
200-614: Is buried in Bishop Middleham church. By the 19th century the village contained four public houses, a brewery, and a few tradesmen's shops. The village mainly supported itself by farming, though there was some coalmining; the remains of a wagonway have been recorded. The main railway line also ran close to the village. In 2012 a community website was launched with a view to keeping the local people up to date with news and events, "Bishop Middleham" . Bishop Middleham Website . "The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, stands upon
225-510: Is clear that Bishop Middleham was on an important Roman period routeway; the road known as Cades Road runs through the centre of the parish. Despite the presence of this important communication route, no Roman buildings have been found in the parish. Nonetheless several other Roman objects have been uncovered in the area, including a small bronze statue of a Roman god. More unusually a group of four Roman pans stacked one inside each other have also been discovered. They were decorated so as to give them
250-461: The ATV talent show New Faces . Changing direction again in the mid-1980s, Young made two series of Ladybirds , a Channel 4 programme from Mike Mansfield's independent company. In 1986, Young left her successful career in television and moved back to County Durham, where she lived in part of Stanhope Castle with her husband Cyril Coke, a television drama director, whom she had married in 1954. Coke
275-570: The 12th–13th centuries, with restoration in 1663 and 1867. The earliest known Rector was Richardus in 1200. Joseph Butler , later Bishop of Bristol, was Rector in 1725. Stanhope Castle may be on the site of a motte and bailey castle according to some evidence from the 1790s. Furthermore, Bishop Anthony Bek granted land "to the west side of Stanhope castle". The present castle was built for Cuthbert Rippon (1744-1801) in 1798 with additions in 1823 by his son, also Cuthbert (1797–1867) and Member of Parliament for Gateshead. Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870)
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#1732782897110300-481: The Early English style, and consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with a western bell turret." The Bishop Middleham Community Wildlife Garden (0.87 hectares) has been declared a designated Local Nature Reserve by Sedgefield council. 54°40.7′N 1°29.3′W / 54.6783°N 1.4883°W / 54.6783; -1.4883 Stanhope, County Durham Stanhope / ˈ s t æ n ə p /
325-521: The area. The arrowhead was probably used by an early hunter, though by the Bronze Age farming would have been widespread. By the Iron Age we have our first evidence for burials in the parish- at least six graves were found in a small cave. A small glass bead decorated with white spiral patterns may also have come from an early or middle Iron Age grave, though it may have been lost in another way. It
350-791: The army in 1939. Young worked briefly as a librarian on leaving school and attended art college, before deciding to embark on a career as an actress. She joined a repertory theatre in Henley-on-Thames , where her uncle was directing. She subsequently performed at the Gateway Theatre, London, and the Theatre Royal in Chatham . Trying to get into the film industry, she did modelling for advertising agencies, including promoting products such as toothpaste, which paid her enough money until she became an actress. She also studied to be
375-520: The first ITV company Associated-Rediffusion was gearing up to launch, she intended to attend an actors' audition at the company, but mistakenly went to an announcers' audition instead. Nevertheless, Young was instantly hired and announced for Associated-Rediffusion on 22 September 1955, the opening night of commercial television in the UK. Young worked as a presenter and interviewer for regional programmes on Granada Television and Southern Television , and as
400-468: The hill south of the village, and is said to have been erected by Bishop Beck, but it is more probably the work of Bishop Poor, and of the date about 1230. It was in 1146 presented to the prior and convent of Durham by Osbert, nephew of Bishop Flambard, but it was soon afterwards annexed to the Priory of Finchale, by Bishop Robert de Insula, and so continued till the dissolution. It is a venerable structure, in
425-480: The late 1960s and '70s, Young became a staff producer of pop programmes for Granada Television , with such shows as Lift Off with Ayshea , Get It Together , the Bay City Rollers series Shang-a-Lang , The Arrows Show and Marc , starring Marc Bolan . She devised Clapperboard , presented by Chris Kelly , Granada's film magazine show for children. Young was also an occasional panellist on
450-526: The second largest of a current 40 such areas in England and Wales. Features of interest include: Stanhope was at the centre of the Weardale campaign (1327), when Sir James Douglas of Scotland invaded England and faced Edward III and Roger Mortimer , Earl of March. A series of skirmishes took place on the valley floor and in Stanhope Park. The parish church dedicated to St Thomas is mostly from
475-570: Was a man named John Hall who enjoyed a lease of 31 years. The castle and deer park passed through a number of hands over the following centuries including the Eure family of Witton Castle , the Freville's and by the 18th century the Surtees family which included the notable historian Robert Surtees , who lived nearby at Mainsforth and wrote on the village and Castle in his History of Durham in 1823. He
500-440: Was a presenter of children's programmes for Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion London between 1959 and 1968, working alongside Wally Whyton and Bert Weedon and featuring the puppet characters Pussy Cat Willum, Ollie Beak and Fred Barker. The format created lasted for many years under titles including Lucky Dip , Tuesday Rendezvous , Five O'Clock Club , Ollie and Fred's Five O'Clock Club and Five O'Clock Funfair . In
525-671: Was certainly some kind of occupation in the area by the 9th or 10th centuries. In 1146 Osbert, the nephew of Bishop Flambard , gave the Church of Middleham to the Prior and Convent at Durham, this is the first recorded mention of the village. In 1183 the Boldon Book , a survey of all the land owned by the Bishop of Durham , records that there were some 32 households in the village, which was surveyed along with neighbouring Cornforth. The survey
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#1732782897110550-501: Was merged back. In 1894 Stanhope became an urban district which contained Stanhope Urban parish, on 1 April 1937 the urban district was abolished and merged with Weardale Rural District . On 1 April 1946, 2,396 acres (969.6 ha) were transferred to the parish from Wolsingham. Stanhope Town Hall was completed in 1849. Stanhope is surrounded by moorland in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) –
575-684: Was particularly detailed and names a number of individuals such as Arkil, Ralph and William the Headborough. Bishop Middleham was one of the favourite residences of the Bishops of Durham, two of whom died here. The residence of the Bishops now only survives as earthwork remains. By the late 14th century the Bishop of Durham appears to have no longer used the Castle as a residence and the buildings and land were let out at first to his bailiff. By 1509 this
600-478: Was the architect. In 1941 the castle was adapted by the Home Office as a school for boys and remained so until 1980, when it was converted into apartments. Part of the gardens lie to the north of the castle across the main road, including the park wall and gazebo. Stanhope Agricultural Show is held on the second weekend of September each year. It has been held annually since 1834, except in world-war years,
625-514: Was the son of the film actor Edward Rigby and the novelist Phyllis Austin. The couple met when he was casting director for The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan . Coke died in 1993. Although most references gave her year of birth as 1928, she was actually born on 19 June 1923; her parents' marriage was registered in the first quarter of 1923. She died in Stanhope, County Durham on 24 March 2001, aged 77. Bishop Middleham Bishop Middleham
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