Egglescliffe

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Not to be confused with Eaglescliffe.
Egglescliffe
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Egglescliffe Parish Church
Egglescliffe is located in County Durham
Egglescliffe
Egglescliffe
 Egglescliffe shown within County Durham
Population 8,559 (2011)
OS grid reference NZ421131
Civil parish Egglescliffe
Unitary authority Stockton-on-Tees
Ceremonial county County Durham
Region North East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode district TS16
Dialling code 01642
Police Cleveland
Fire Cleveland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament Stockton South
List of places
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Egglescliffe is a village and civil parish which for ceremonial purposes is in County Durham, England.[1] Administratively it is located in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.[2] It was formerly part of the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland.

The village sits on top of a hill overlooking and across the River Tees from Yarm. The population of the village is around 595,[3] while the civil parish has a population of 7,908,[4] increasing to 8,559 at the 2011 Census.[5]

The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and there has been a place of worship on the site since the twelfth century. Also in the village is a Church of England primary school, small public play area, farms, allotments and a public house, called the Pot and Glass.

360° Panoramic of the village green

Etymology

The second element of Egglescliffe is from Old English clif, 'steep slope'. The first element has been etymologised as Latin ecclesia 'church' or the form it took when borrowed into Cumbric, represented today by Welsh eglwys. However, the first element could also be from an Anglo-Saxon personal name like Ecgi or Ecgel, in which case the name means 'Ecgel's steep slope'.[6]

References

  1. ↑ County Durham, England's Cities, Towns, Villages and Settlements
  2. ↑ Councils in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham - Yahoo! Local UK
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Stockton on Tees Retrieved 2009-09-18
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons


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