English Heritage sites near Cornforth Parish
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
6 miles from Cornforth Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
FINCHALE PRIORY
8 miles from Cornforth Parish
The very extensive remains of a 13th-century priory, founded on the site of a retired pirate's hermitage. Part of it later served as a holiday retreat for the monks of Durham Cathedral.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
13 miles from Cornforth Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
HYLTON CASTLE
15 miles from Cornforth Parish
The distinctive and highly decorative gatehouse-tower of a castle built by the wealthy Sir William Hylton, shortly before 1400. Originally containing four floors of self-contained family.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
16 miles from Cornforth Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
DERWENTCOTE STEEL FURNACE
18 miles from Cornforth Parish
Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain. It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools.
Churches in Cornforth Parish
Holy Trintiy
Pubs in Cornforth Parish
Flintlock Inn
Old Mill
Thinford Road, Metal Bridge, DH6 5NX
(01740) 652928
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