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{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|static_image =
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|latitude = 54.70288
|longitude = -1.51551
|official_name = Cornforth
|population =
|shire_district= [[Sedgefield (borough)|Sedgefield]]
|shire_county = [[County Durham]]
|region = North East England
|constituency_westminster = [[Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Sedgefield]]
|post_town =
|postcode_district = DL17
|postcode_area =
|dial_code = 01740
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}}
'''Cornforth''' is a village in [[County Durham]], in [[England]]. It is situated a short distance to the north-east of [[Ferryhill]].
Before the middle part of the Victorian era, when coal mining was at its height in [[County Durham]], Cornforth was in the parish of Bishop Middleham.
[[Thomas Hutchinson (scholar)|Thomas Hutchinson]] (bap. 1698, d. 1769) was a [[Classics|classical]] [[scholar]], born in Cornforth and baptised there on [[17 May]] [[1698]].
==References==
* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B-3V9-9uBs4C&pg=PA343&lpg=PA343&dq=%22Thomas+Hutchinson%22+scholar+1698&source=web&ots=5ZY8ih5BR7&sig=2-m7b8PEuG6ZkVGM0SSHDNfjJO0&hl=en "Hutchinson, Thomas (1698-1769)"], Dictionary of National Biography, ''accessed [[26 April]] [[2008]]''
== External links ==
* [http://www.cornforth.org.uk West Cornforth Village Website]
* [http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/c081.htm Cornforth Colliery entry on Durham Mining Museum]
* [http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/c810.htm Cornforth Quarry entry on Durham Mining Museum]
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[[Category:Villages in County Durham]]
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