| Forest and Frith | |
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 Harwood Beck and hills | |
  Forest and Frith Location withinCounty Durham | |
| Population | 163 (2011 census) |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Forest and Frith is acivil parish in theCounty Durhamunitary authority, in the ceremonial county ofDurham, England. In the2011 census it had a population of 163.[1]
The parish has an area of 7,002 hectares (27.03 sq mi).[1] It is bordered by the parishes ofStanhope to the north,Newbiggin to the east,Holwick to the south east andLunedale to the south, in County Durham,[2] and byWestmorland and Furness inCumbria to the west, the western boundary being theRiver Tees andCow Green Reservoir. The main settlements in the parish areForest-in-Teesdale,Ettersgill,Harwood andLangdon Beck.[3]
The 1870-72Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Forest and Frith as a township in Middleton-in-Teesdale of 17,270 acres (6,990 ha; 26.98 sq mi) with a population of 862 in 130 houses.[4] In 1866 it became a parish in its own right.[5]
It does not have aparish council but has aparish meeting.[6]
There are 10listed buildings in the parish: a barn, 3 bridges, 5milestones and awater wheel pit.[7] The parish lies within theNorth PenninesArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[8]
The church of St James the Less, Forest and Frith was built in 1845 and is off the B6277 road south ofLangdon Beck.[9][10]
The word "Forest" in the name means open land used for hunting, as inRoyal forest andNew Forest, and "frith" means woodland, as inChapel en le Frith.[11][12]
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