Sockburn

Sockburn
Sockburn Hall (rebuilt 1834)
Sockburn is located in County Durham
Sockburn
Sockburn
Location within County Durham
OS grid referenceNZ348075
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDarlington
Postcode districtDL2
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
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UK
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County Durham
54°27′42″N 1°27′50″W / 54.46173°N 1.46397°W / 54.46173; -1.46397

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.

Sockburn is known for its links with Lindisfarne and Celtic Christianity, the discovery of Viking Age hogbacks, the Sockburn Worm folklore, and Sockburn Hall, a 19th-century country house and a Grade II listed building.

The name means "Socca's fortification".[1]

  1. ^ "Key to English Place-Names : Sockburn". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 1 May 2022.