Barningham, North Riding

Description
Barningham, a village, a township, and a parish in the N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on a tributary of the Tees, near Arkengarth Forest, 6 1/3 miles SE of Barnard-Castle railway station, and has a post and money order office under Barnard-Castle. There is an annual fair on the last Thursday in September for horses, cattle, &c. The parish includes also the townships of Scargill and Hope. Acreage, 3524; population of the civil parish, 218; of the ecclesiastical, 369. Much of the surface is upland moor. Barningham Park is the seat of the Milbanks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £420 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. There are a Wesleyan chapel (endowed), a reading-room and library, and some charities.