Bournmoor
| Bournmoor | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Barnabas, Bournmoor | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ313515 |
| Location: | 54°51’29"N, 1°30’50"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,082 (2011) |
| Post town: | Houghton Le Spring |
| Postcode: | DH4 |
| Dialling code: | 0191 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | County Durham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Durham |
Bournmoor is a village in County Durham, a short distance from Chester-le-Street.
The village was originally part of the Lambton Castle estate, named from its owners, the Lambton family and developed from 1783 onwards with the sinking of the first of seven local coal mines that were to make up Lambton Colliery.[1]
The main sight in the village is the parish church, but just to the north, in the green space mercifully remaining between the village and the swollen suburbs of Washington are the two Lampton residences – Biddick Hall and Lambton Castle.
Parish church
The parish church is St Barnabas's Church.
Within the church is a remarkable sculpture known as 'The Angel of Victory', which was given to the church by the Fifth Earl of Durham, sculpted in 1894 in Rome by Waldo Storey. It had stood in Lambton Castle since 1894, but was dedicated in the church in 1929. The angel’s wings were unhooked to help it into the church, and one of the pillars at the entrance had to be taken down, doors removed and several pews removed.[2]
History
For much of the 20th Century, "Bournmoor" was known as "Burnmoor", taking its name from the Moorsburn (an alternative name for Hutton Burn which runs through the village.[3] The local scout group, formed early in the 20th century, still carries the name "Burnmoor" in its title.
The mid-19th century Ordnance Survey map shows the old core of the village (the staff housing for the Lambton estate) as "Wapping", with the open country to the south of the Sunderland road and north-west of Herrington Burn shown as "Bourn Moor" and the colliery complex which was later known as Lambton is shown as Bourn Moor Colliery. The end-19th century map shows the settlement as "Bournmoor". Maps produced after the development of the 'Flowers' estate, dated between 1920 and 1960 show both as "Burnmoor" but they reverted to "Bournmoor" in later maps.[4][5]
In 1913, the Parish Councils of "Bourn Moor" and "Morton Grange" complained to the Board of Trade about the poor facilities available to passengers at Fencehouses railway station.[6]
Big society
Sporting facilities in the village include cricket, football and tennis clubs situated near to the church.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bournmoor) |
- Bournmoor Parish - St Barnabas
References
- ↑ "Bournmoor Colliery". AllThingsBournmoor. https://sites.google.com/site/allthingsbournmoor/8-burnmoor---colliery. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ History of St Barnabas Church
- ↑ Watts, Victor. 'A Dictionary of County Durham Place-Names' (English Place-Name Society, 2002) ISBN 0-904889-65-3
- ↑ "Durham County Council's Geographic Information System (GIS)". Archived from the original on 2010-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20100305010658/http://www.durham.gov.uk/pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=5655.
- ↑ A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) pp. 314-317
- ↑ The National Archive, Piece reference MT 6/2328/2
