Winston, County Durham
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Winston | |
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OS grid reference | NZ140167 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Durham |
Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
Ambulance | North East |
Winston is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the west of Darlington.
The local Bridgewater Arms Pub at the bottom of the village was once a school.
The nearby bridge over the River Tees also once held claim to being the biggest single stone arch bridge in Europe.[1]
Winston Gate is nearby hamlet nearby close to the border with Richmondshire and North Yorkshire.
Notable people
- Birthplace of Aaron Arrowsmith, cartographer
References
- ^ "Winston Bridge". Retrieved 2009-07-30.