Lartington

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Lartington
Yorkshire
North Riding

Cottages at Lartington
Location
Grid reference: NZ016176
Location: 54°33’16"N, 1°58’35"W
Data
Population: 135  (2011)
Post town: Barnard Castle
Postcode: DL12 9A
Local Government
Council: Durham
Parliamentary
constituency:
Bishop Auckland

Lartington is a village in the Pennines, on the south side of Teesdale in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and is to be found about two miles west of the town of Barnard Castle. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 135.

The parish is notable for Lartington Hall, the seat of a Roman Catholic family who were notable local recusants.

Lartington railway station was on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, which is now abandoned. It opened in 1861 and closed in 1962.

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