| Sockburn | |
|---|---|
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_226356.jpg) Sockburn Hall (rebuilt 1834) | |
  Sockburn Location within County Durham | |
| OS grid reference | NZ348075 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Darlington |
| Postcode district | DL2 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
Sockburn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Neasham, in the Darlington district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated at the apex of a meander of the River Tees, to the south of Darlington, known locally as the Sockburn Peninsula. Today, all that remains of the village is an early nineteenth-century mansion, a ruined church and a farmhouse built in the late eighteenth century.[a][1][2][3][4][5]
Sockburn is best known for:
- Important links with Lindisfarne and Celtic Christianity
- The discovery of Viking Age hogbacks.
- The Sockburn Worm , a ferocious wyvern that in folklore laid waste to the village.
- Sockburn Hall, a 19th-century country house and a Grade II listed building.
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- ^ "MAGiC MaP : Sockburn Peninsula". Natural England - Magic in the Cloud.
- ^ "MAGiC MaP : Sockburn Peninsula, Parish Boundary". Natural England - Magic in the Cloud.
- ^ "MAGiC MaP : Sockburn Peninsula, Designations". Natural England - Magic in the Cloud.
- ^ "MAGiC MaP : Sockburn Hall". Natural England - Magic in the Cloud.
- ^ "MAGiC MaP : Roman road crossing of River Tees, Dinsdale park". Natural England - Magic in the Cloud.