COCKFIELD, a township and a parish in Teesdale district, Durham. The township lies under Cockfield fell, near Raby Park, 7 miles NE-of Barnard Castle; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Darlington. Real property, £2, 463; of which £350 are in mines and £25 in quarries. Pop., 1, 004. Houses, 196. The parish contains also the township of Woodland. Acres, 4, 416. Real property, £3, 472. Pop., 1, 256. Houses, 250. Coal has been worked here for five centuries; but is worked less now than formerly. The coal seams are thrown up three fathoms by a trap dyke. Stone also has been largely quarried. Lines of intrenchment are on Cockfield fell. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Staindrop, in the diocese of Durham. Value, £354.* Patron, the Duke of Cleveland. The church has a carved pulpit and an octagonal font. The vicarage of Ingleton is a separate benefice.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))