Cornforth 1392622 208379161 2008-04-26T19:46:33Z TerriersFan 1611404 /* References */ fix {{infobox UK place| |country = England |static_image = |static_image_caption = |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 |os_grid_reference = NZ313343 }} '''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] {{coor title dm|54|42|N|1|31|W|region:GB_type:city}} [[Category:Villages in County Durham]] {{Durham-geo-stub}}