Startforth Rural District was a rural district in the North Riding of the historic county of

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in the Pennines of northern

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. It was formed in 1894 under the

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. It constituted the part of the

Teesdale Rural Sanitary District Teesdale is a dale, or valley, in Northern England. The dale is in the River Tees’s drainage basin, most water flows stem from or converge into said river, including the Skerne and Leven. Upper Teesdale, more commonly just Teesdale, fa ...

that was in the North Riding (the rest being in County Durham). In 1974, the district was abolished and formed part of the Teesdale district of the non-metropolitan county of County Durham. It comprised the area south of the

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between Cow Green Reservoir and Gainford, and north of the modern administrative border between County Durham and North Yorkshire. The area is hilly and fairly sparsely populated. Places within it included;

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s * Barningham * Boldron * Bowbank * Bowes *

Brignall Brignall village is located in an elevated position adjacent to the River Greta, about 2 km upstream from Greta Bridge. The village is within the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England, the nearest town is the market town of ...

* Cotherstone *

Gilmonby Gilmonby is a village in the Pennines in County Durham, England. it is situated a short distance to the south of Bowes, in the vicinity of Barnard Castle. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Information is kept in the Bowes ...

Grassholme Grassholme is a village in County Durham, England. For centuries it lay within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but, along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durha ...

* Greta Bridge *

Hutton Magna Hutton Magna is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Situated south east of Barnard Castle. Lying within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village along with the rest of the former Startforth Rura ...

* Holwick *

Hunderthwaite Hunderthwaite is a village and civil parish in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 114. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of t ...

Hury Hury is a village in Baldersdale, in the Pennines of England. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ...

* Lartington * Mickleton * Ovington * Romaldkirk *

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Startforth Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It is Historic counties of England, historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the ...

* Thringarth *

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s *

Baldersdale Baldersdale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in England, northwest of Barnard Castle. Its principal settlements are Hury and Briscoe. Baldersdale lies within the traditional boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Und ...

* Deep Dale * Lunedale * Teesdale (south side only)

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s and

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s * Balderhead * Blackton * Fish Lake *

* Selset Fells and

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* Barningham Moor * Bowes Moor *

Cotherstone Moor Cotherstone Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district in south-west County Durham, England. It is an extensive area of moorland which extends almost the entire length of Baldersdale, from the confluence of the Riv ...

* Cronkley Fell * Holwick Fell * Hope Moor * Hunderthwaite Moor * Lune Moor * Mickle Fell * Scargill High Moor * Sleightholme Moor

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s * Lune * Stainmore

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s and becks * River Balder *

Deepdale Beck Deepdale is a football stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End. Deepdale is "widely recognised as being the oldest 'continuously used' football stadium in the world, though this is contested". History ...

* River Greta

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s * A66 * A67 * B6276 *

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The Pennine Way also passes through the area.

External links

A Vision of Britain Through Time : Startforth Rural District
History of County Durham History of North Yorkshire Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of the North Riding of Yorkshire