Harrowgate Hill is a suburb of

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, in the

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, England. The area includes the villages of

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, the Harrowgate Village as well as Ashbrook and Harrowgate Hill with the latter the largest part of the area.

Description

The area is covered by the Harrowgate Hill Ward, the villages are in the Whessoe civil parish (the name is notable for its use as a name for the

Whessoe Whessoe is a company based in Darlington and on Teesside in North East England. It was formerly a supplier of chemical, oil and nuclear plant and instrumentation, and today is a manufacturer of low temperature storage. History Kitchings and ...

company) and the rest is unparished. Before the ward boundary changes in 2015 was enclosed on two sides by railways — the

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to the east, and the

Tees Valley Line The Tees Valley Line is a railway route in Northern England, following part of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway route of 1825. The line covers a distance of , and connects with via , and 14 other stations in the Teesdale. The ...

to the west. The Ashbrook area, which lies to the east of the main line now also forms part of the ward. The ward extends as far south as Thompson Street and as far north as Beaumont Hill. The old ward population was 5,997 at the 2011 census and needed expanding to meet around 7,000. In 1894 Harrowgate Hill became a separate

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, being formed from the parts of

Cockerton Cockerton is an area in the north-west of Darlington in the borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The Cocker Beck flows through the area and empties into the River Skerne via The Denes, an area and string of valleyed parks donated for ...

and

Haughton-le-Skerne Haughton-le-Skerne is a village in the borough of Darlington (borough), Darlington in the ceremonial county of County Durham, Durham, England. It is situated in the north east of Darlington. The village lies to the west of the River Skerne. At th ...

in Darlington Municipal Borough, on 1 October 1907 the parish was abolished and merged with Darlington. In 1901 the parish had a population of 2316.

References

External links

Harrowgate Hill website
Former civil parishes in County Durham Places in the Tees Valley Suburbs of Darlington {{Durham-geo-stub