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<p>Adding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: &quot;Village in County Durham, England&quot;, overriding automatically generated description</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}}<br /> {{For|the surname|Cornforth (surname)}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=February 2025}}<br /> {{Infobox UK place<br /> |country = England<br /> |static_image =<br /> |static_image_caption = <br /> |coordinates = {{coord|54.70288|-1.51551|display=inline,title}}<br /> |official_name = Cornforth<br /> |population = 2501<br /> |population_ref=(2011)&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&amp;b=11122316&amp;c=DH6+4EU&amp;d=16&amp;e=62&amp;g=6419877&amp;i=1001x1003x1032x1004&amp;m=0&amp;r=0&amp;s=1436352276020&amp;enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=8 July 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> |unitary_england = [[County Durham]]<br /> |lieutenancy_england = [[County Durham]]<br /> |region = North East England<br /> |constituency_westminster = [[Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Sedgefield]]<br /> |post_town = [[Ferryhill]]<br /> |postcode_district = DL17<br /> |postcode_area = DL<br /> |dial_code = 01740<br /> |os_grid_reference = NZ313343<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Cornforth&#039;&#039;&#039; is a village in [[County Durham]], England. It is adjacent to the village of [[West Cornforth]], situated a short distance to the north-east of [[Ferryhill]].<br /> <br /> Before the middle part of the Victorian era, when coal mining was at its height in County Durham, Cornforth was in the parish of Bishop Middleham.<br /> <br /> [[Thomas Hutchinson (scholar)|Thomas Hutchinson]] (bap. 1698, d. 1769) was a [[Classics|classical]] [[scholar]], born in Cornforth and baptised there on 17 May 1698.<br /> [[Image:Cornforth Village Green and Church.jpg|thumb|left|Village green and church at Cornforth]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> *{{DNB Cite|wstitle=Hutchinson, Thomas (1698-1769)}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Commons category|Cornforth}}<br /> * [http://www.cornforth.org.uk West Cornforth Village Website]<br /> * [http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/c081.htm Cornforth Colliery entry on Durham Mining Museum]<br /> * [http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/c810.htm Cornforth Quarry entry on Durham Mining Museum]<br /> <br /> {{Civil parishes in County Durham}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Villages in County Durham]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Durham-geo-stub}}</div>

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