Cornforth
Cornforth 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.
Village green and church at Cornforth 
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.
Thomas Hutchinson (bap. 1698, d. 1769) was a classical scholar, born in Cornforth and baptised there on 17 May 1698.
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cornforth.
- West Cornforth Village Website
- Cornforth Colliery entry on Durham Mining Museum
- Cornforth Quarry entry on Durham Mining Museum
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