Static Image Name: | Lartington - geograph.org.uk - 7083.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Cottages at Lartington |
Coordinates: | 54.5545°N -1.9764°W |
Label Position: | top |
Official Name: | Lartington |
Population: | 135 |
Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
Civil Parish: | Lartington |
Unitary England: | County Durham |
Region: | North East England |
Lieutenancy England: | County Durham |
Country: | England |
Constituency Westminster: | Bishop Auckland |
Post Town: | Barnard Castle |
Postcode District: | DL12 |
Postcode Area: | DL |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ016176 |
Lartington is a village and civil parish about 2miles west of the town of Barnard Castle, in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England.[1] The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 135.[2]
Lartington is historically 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 Local Government Act 1972.
The parish is notable for Lartington Hall, the seat of the Roman Catholic Maire family. Lartington railway station was on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, which is now abandoned. It opened in 1861 and closed in 1962.