Rushyford is a village in

County Durham County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ...

, England. It is situated between

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

and

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, close to

Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946, the town is to the north of Darlington and to the south of Durham, England, Durham. It is the ...

and Chilton. About west of the village is

Windlestone Hall Windlestone Hall is a mid-16th century Elizabethan country house, heavily rebuilt in 1821 to form a Greek revival stately home, situated near Rushyford, County Durham, England. The Hall sits within 400 acres of designed parkland. It is a Grade I ...

, a 16th-century country house which was significantly enlarged in the early 19th Century, historically the seat of the

Eden family Eden (Hebrew: ), as a given name is most often given in reference to the Biblical Garden of Eden, meaning '' delight''; It is given to boys and girls. The first recorded use is from ancient Israel in the book of Genesis. As a boy's name, it might b ...

. The

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between 1955 and 1957, and later Earl of Avon,

Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achi ...

was born in the house in 1897. The intersection of the A167 and the A689 roads is to the village's immediate north-east.

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