19-498: Kibblesworth is a village 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Birtley, Tyne and Wear , England. Kibblesworth was a mainly rural community until the development of the pit and brickworks and the resulting increase in population. Following the closure of the pit in 1974, few of the residents now work in the village. Historically in County Durham , it was transferred into the newly created county of Tyne and Wear in 1974. Kibblesworth
38-477: A much needed facelift and more providing more homes to buy. There are plans to build around 220 new homes by Taylor Wimpey on the surrounding outskirts of the village, with previous green belt land being downgraded to brown belt by the Government, with planning permission at an advanced stage, although this has had some strong opposition from current Kibblesworth residents due to already strained amenities including
57-448: A single district covering the non-metropolitan county, with Durham County Council as the sole local authority. The district has multiple hamlets and villages. Settlements with town status include Consett , Barnard Castle , Peterlee , Seaham , Bishop Auckland , Newton Aycliffe , Middleton-in-Teesdale , Shildon , Chester-le-Street , Crook , Stanley , Willington , Stanhope , Spennymoor , Ferryhill and Sedgefield while Durham
76-514: Is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of County Durham , England. It is governed by Durham County Council . The district has an area of 2,226 square kilometres (859 sq mi), and contains 135 civil parishes . It forms part of the larger ceremonial county of Durham , together with boroughs of Darlington , Hartlepool , and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees . Between 1974 and 1 April 2009, County Durham
95-515: Is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead , in Tyne and Wear , England. It is situated to the south of Gateshead and is conjoined to Chester-le-Street across the county boundary in County Durham . Until 1974, Birtley and the adjoining areas of Barley Mow, Vigo and Portobello were part of Chester-le-Street Rural District under County Durham until being moved into Tyne and Wear under
114-540: Is famous for being the guinea pig in the development of the world's first underground train and tunnel which would later become the London Underground in London. After being predominantly a council estate project consisting of prefabricated homes built in the 1950s, Kibblesworth has seen a massive change in recent times with the 'pre-fabs' being demolished and the new homes built by Keepmoat replacing them all, providing
133-572: Is the only city in the district. Following the 2021 United Kingdom local elections , the council is now under control of a coalition of the Liberal Democrats , Conservative Party , Independents and North East Party . The main industries where people in County Durham work are retail, health and social work, and manufacturing. The three largest industry groups for jobs based in the district are education, health, and manufacturing, while
152-692: The Tyne Bridge . This was an original route for the Great North Road and the A1 until a bypass was built (which was upgraded to motorway standard in the 1960s). The main East Coast railway line runs to the west of the town. Mainline trains used to stop at the town's long dismantled station. Birtley railway station was closed on 5 December 1955. The Station Hotel was closed in 1971, having been opened in 1868 or earlier. County Durham (district) County Durham
171-471: The Borough of Gateshead. It forms an urban area with nearby Chester-le-Street , Washington , Houghton le Spring , Hetton le Hole and Sunderland as part of Wearside . Birtley was a civil parish with a parish council (which also covered the adjoining neighbourhoods) until 1 April 2006, after a local referendum agreed to abolish it. The former parish had a population of 11,377 in 2001. The ward of Birtley in
190-546: The Gateshead MBC had a population of 8,367 in the 2011 Census. In September 2024, Prince William visited Birtley as a visit to Birtley Swimming Centre for its reopening. Elisabethville was a sovereign Belgian area of Birtley housing Belgian refugees, who worked at the Royal Ordnance Factory during World War I . It was a community of 6000 residents who were accommodated in a mixture of hostels and cottages. When
209-469: The Kibblesworth area from medieval times , relatively few men were employed in the industry until the sinking of Robert Pit in 1842. From this date the fortunes of the village followed those of the industry with particular black spots during the strikes of 1921 and 1926 and the depression of the 1930s, high spots in the boom of the 1950s and 60s, and eventually closure of the pit in 1974. The Bowes Railway
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#1732845329150228-501: The Thandi family; and an Italian bistro, Giuseppe's opened in 2019. It is served by buses from Gateshead , Newcastle upon Tyne and Chester-le-Street , featuring three bus stops within the village and a scholars bus for the nearby Lord Lawson of Beamish, based in Birtley. The village's name means "Cybbel's Enclosure". Kibblesworth is in the parish of St. Andrews, Lamesley . While the area
247-538: The local school and road systems. Kibblesworth has a number of amenities: two play parks; a bowling green; a cricket and football pitch; the Kibblesworth Academy school; a working men's club; a local pub, The Plough Inn; a community centre, the Millennium Centre, opened by Princess Anne in 2000, which also features a hair salon and a beauty 'pod'; a convenience store, including the local post office run by
266-400: The north of Birtley. There are altogether three mainstream churches in Birtley, which also has a large cemetery with a chapel and crematorium : Birtley is also home to three Jehovah's Witness congregations. The main road through Birtley is the non-primary A167 , which runs from Topcliffe, North Yorkshire through to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne and is the same road which runs across
285-664: The three largest for businesses are construction, retail, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Durham LEA has a comprehensive school system with 36 state secondary schools (not including sixth form colleges ) and five independent schools (four in Durham and one in Barnard Castle). Easington district has the largest school population by year, and Teesdale has the smallest with two schools. Only one school in Easington and Derwentside districts have sixth forms, with about half
304-535: The war ended and the inhabitants were largely repatriated, it was occupied by people of British and other nationalities before its demolition and replacement with more permanent housing. Its history is told in the book The Birtley Belgians . Antony Gormley's famous Angel of the North sculpture, completed in February 1998, is on high ground at the site of the baths of the old 'Betty Ann Pit' at Eighton Lodge, Gateshead, to
323-567: Was agricultural, this was the centre of worship for the people of Kibblesworth. After the development of the mining industry, the Primitive Methodist Chapel (1864) and Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1867), provided social as well as religious life for the village. The present chapel was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1913. The Primitive Methodist Chapel has now been converted into flats. Although there had been coal-mining in
342-427: Was governed as a two-tier non-metropolitan county , with a county council and district councils. The original eight districts were Chester-le-Street , Darlington , Derwentside , Durham (city), Easington , Sedgefield , Teesdale , and Wear Valley . In 1997 Darlington was removed from the non-metropolitan county and became a separate unitary authority. In 2009 the remaining districts were abolished and replaced by
361-544: Was used for the transport of coal from Kibblesworth to the River Tyne at Jarrow . The line was started by George Stephenson in 1826 and extended to Kibblesworth when Robert Pit was sunk in 1842. The railway used three types of power – locomotives , stationary steam engines and self-acting inclines . There is now a cycletrack that runs along the former track bed. [REDACTED] Media related to Kibblesworth at Wikimedia Commons Birtley, Tyne and Wear Birtley
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