Edmundbyers
Edmundbyers | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | DURHAM | |
Postcode district | DH8 | |
Dialling code | 01207 | |
Police | Durham | |
Fire | County Durham and Darlington | |
Ambulance | North East | |
UK Parliament | ||
Edmundbyers is a village in
There is evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area from the Neolithic era onwards.[3] It is listed in the Boldon Book (1183): "Alan Bruntoft holds Edmundbires for his service in the forest”. However, Bishop Hatfield's survey of c. 1382 shows that the land had been transferred to Durham Cathedral: “The Prior holds the vill of Edmundbires, sometime of Alan Bruntop, by forest service”.[4]
The village church, St Edmund's, has evidence of pre-Norman building,[5] but it mainly dates from the 12th century, with renovations from 1859 onwards. The pre-Reformation stone altar was rediscovered and replaced in the church during the restoration.[6] There is a list of rectors beginning with Richard de Kirkeby in 1275 and ending with John Durie, A. M., on 2 July 1629. The incumbents after 1629 have also been in charge of the parish of Muggleswick.[4]
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was erected in 1835. The Primitive Methodists met in a private house. The parish school was erected in 1825.[7]
The youth hostel (dated 1936 over the lintel) is made up of three houses built in the mid- to late 18th century.[8]
Edmundbyers Cross is one of only three wayside crosses still in its original position in County Durham, and the only known example on the route between Stanhope and Edmundbyers.[9]
Etymology
Edmundbyers means "Eādmund's
References
- ^ "Wear Valley Settlement Summary Sheets" (PDF). Durham County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. Volume 5. 1893. p. 216.
- ^ a b Surtees, Robert (1820). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham: Volume 2. pp. 363–364.
- ^ Featherstonhaugh, W. (1858). "Notes on St Edmund's Church, Edmundbyers". Archaeologia Aeliana. 3: 263–268.
- ^ "Historic England listing". Archived from the original on 24 June 2021.
- ^ History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham. 1856. p. 894.
- ^ "Historic England listing". Archived from the original on 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Historic England listing". Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.