Romaldkirk

Romaldkirk
Romaldkirk village main street
Romaldkirk Location within County Durham
Population	169 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	NY994220
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Barnard Castle
Postcode district	DL12

Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East

UK Parliament	Bishop Auckland
List of places UK England County Durham 54°35′37″N 2°00′38″W / 54.59358°N 2.01049°W / 54.59358; -2.01049

Romaldkirk is a village in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The village lies within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but has been administered by County Durham since 1974.

It is thought that the name might be derived from St. Rumwold (also spelt Romald or Rumbold), a little-known Saxon saint who is said to have preached the Gospel after his baptism as an infant; his resting place is recorded as being in Buckingham.

The village was formerly served by Romaldkirk railway station.

Thomas Page, the engineer, grew up in Romaldkirk.^[2]

The architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, and famous farmer Hannah Hauxwell are buried near the village church.

The church is a Grade 1 listed building, containing surviving sections of Anglo-Saxon walls either side of the chancel arch, as well as a late medieval rood stair, a stone tomb effigy of Hugh Fitz Henry (who died on campaign with Edward I in 1305) in chain mail, a 12th-century font, and a pulpit (originally part of a three decker) from the early 18th century.^[3]

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^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ Stanley Smith, ‘Page, Thomas (1803–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 May 2011
^ "Church of St Romald, Romaldkirk, County Durham". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

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