6-475: Skerne is the name of various locations: Haughton-le-Skerne - Darlington, County Durham, England Preston-le-Skerne , by the river in Co. Durham Skerne, East Riding of Yorkshire - England River Skerne - County Durham, England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
12-578: A turnpike led over the river to the ports on the Tees estuary , carrying traffic including salt from the Bishop's salt mines. Haughton-le-Skerne is now connected to a large suburb of Darlington, with areas including Springfield and Whinfield. The community was referred to in the ITV series Downton Abbey as it was the location where Mrs. Beryl Patmore ( Lesley Nicol ) would find a cottage which would serve as
18-407: A boarding house, and when she retired, would serve as her home for her retirement days. John Wrightson (1840-1916), founder of Downton Agricultural College and great grandfather of Downton writer Julian Fellowes was born in the village. In 1921 the civil parish had a population of 664. On 1 October 1930 the parish was abolished and merged with Darlington and Barmpton . It is now in
24-474: Is a village in the borough of Darlington in the ceremonial county of Durham , England. It is situated in the north east of Darlington . The village lies to the west of the River Skerne . At the centre of the village green , is the main road towards Darlington town centre going across the river, south of the church. There used to be a linen mill on the riverbank on the east side of the village. Part of
30-491: The mill leat can still be seen today. St Andrew's Church at the west end of the village green is the oldest church in Darlington, circa 1125. Some of the stones may have originated in a previous church on the same site. Parts of the existing rectory have monastic ruins built into the foundation and some inner walls, speculated to be evidence of an earlier building on this site. On the north side of Haughton-le-Skerne,
36-475: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skerne&oldid=1139892425 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Haughton-le-Skerne Haughton-le-Skerne
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