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West Auckland
West Auckland in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
West Auckland is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
West Auckland ( AWK-lənd) is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, to the west of Bishop Auckland on the A688 road. It is reputed to have one of the largest village greens in the country, lined with 17th- and 18th-century buildings. In 2021 it had a population of 3113.
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Background
History
It is not known exactly when West Auckland was first inhabited, but there is evidence of West Auckland in the history of St. Cuthbert in the 11th century. The Boldon Book in 1183 showed that at that time West Auckland was inhabited by a number of serfs who were part of the tenantry of the Bishop of Durham, Hugh de Puiset, the first of the Prince Bishops. The creation of a church dedicated to St. Helen in the 13th century in Auckland West heralded the beginning of a separate community in what later became known as St. Helen Auckland. After the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, the search for coal escalated dramatically in the West Auckland area, and the population…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6318, -1.7210
- Official site
- www.ukcensusdata.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q1957386 (CC0)
- wikipedia: West Auckland, County Durham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is West Auckland?
- West Auckland is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6318°, -1.7210°.