Brignall, North Riding

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brignall like this:

BRIGNALL, a parish in Teesdale district and N. R. Yorkshire; near the Tees, on an affluent of that river, 3½ miles SE of Barnard Castle r. station. It contains part of Greta-Bridge, which has a post office under Darlington. Acres, 2,037. Real property, £2,162. Pop., 193. Houses, 38. ...

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The property is all in one estate. A Roman camp is adjacent to Greta-Bridge; and a Roman road went thence to the Tees at Pierse-Bridge, and to the Swale at Catterick-Bridge. The scenery is picturesque; and runs up to Scargill cliff and woods, sung by Scott in his "Rokeby." Brignall banks themselves are thus sung in that poem:

O Brignall banks are wild and fair,
And Greta woods are green;
And yon may gather garlands there
Would grace a summer queen.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £380. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old and tolerable.

Brignall through time

Brignall is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brignall itself, go to Statistics.

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