| Edmondsley | |
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  Edmondsley Location withinCounty Durham | |
| Population | 543 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NZ237490 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DURHAM |
| Postcode district | DH7 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
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Edmondsley is a small village inCounty Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west ofChester-le-Street, near the villages ofCraghead andSacriston.
Coal mining once provided the village's main source of employment, but the last mines in the area had closed by the mid-1980s.
Edmondsley has one primary school and a post office. There was also a public house, the Fleece, but this closed in 2007.
The nameEdmondsley is first recorded in c. 1190 in the formEdemannesleye. It appears to have come from the Old EnglishEadmund or*Eadmann +leah ("Edmund's clearing").[2]
Captain Ben Clayton M.C., was an art teacher and the eldest son of the village schoolmaster John Clayton B.A.,J.P. Ben Clayton lived in School House, Edmondsley and was killed at Passchendaele 16 August 1917, aged 22 years .[3]The professional footballer and trade unionistThomas Burlison, Baron Burlison (1936–2008) was born in Edmondsley.[4]
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