Mickleton, County Durham

Mickleton is a village and parish[2] in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. It is historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Mickleton is situated by the meeting of the Lune River, as it leaves Lunedale, and joins the Tees, behind Mickleton on the Lunedale Hills looms the Bronze Age burial site of Kirkcarrion.

Mickleton
Mickleton
Location within County Durham
Population413 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNY965237
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBarnard Castle
Postcode districtDL12
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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