Coundon
{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{about|the village in County Durham|the place in the West Midlands|Coundon, Coventry}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Coundon
|label_position = left
|country = England
|region = North East England
| unitary_england= County Durham
| lieutenancy_england= County Durham
|constituency_westminster= Bishop Auckland
|population = 2611
|population_ref =(2001)
|post_town = Bishop Auckland
|postcode_area = DL
|postcode_district = DL14
|dial_code =
|os_grid_reference = NZ241219
|coordinates = {{coord|54.663730|-1.634085|display=inline,title}}
|static_image_name = Church of St James, Coundon, County Durham.jpg
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|static_image_caption = Church of St James, Coundon
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Coundon is an old mining village and former civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The Boldon Book mentions a mine in Coundon in the twelfth century. In 2001 it had a population of 2611.{{cite web |title=Wear Valley Settlement Summary Sheets |publisher=Durham County Council |url=http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Wear%20Valley%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/$file/Wear+Valley+Settlement+Summary+Sheets+Numbers.pdf|accessdate=4 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007090304/http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Wear%20Valley%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/%24file/Wear+Valley+Settlement+Summary+Sheets+Numbers.pdf |archivedate=7 October 2007}}
In 2011 the ward had a population of 7139.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13695248&c=DL14+8QP&d=14&e=62&g=6420316&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1436361037161&enc=1|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=8 July 2015}}
History
The name Coundon comes from its original name, "Cunadun", which either translates in Old English "cow's hill",{{cite web|url=http://www.durhamintime.org.uk/durham_miner/coundon_history.pdf|title=Coundon-a short history}} or else derives from the Brittonic toponymic term *cönẹ:d , whose meaning is obscure.{{cite news |title=The Brittonic Language in the Old North |url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |accessdate=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}
= Civil parish =
Coundon was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Auckland-St. Andrew,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5261|title=History of Coundon, in Wear Valley and County Durham|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 August 2023}} from 1866 Coundon was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Bishop Auckland.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10185038|title=Relationships and changes Coundon Tn/Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 August 2023}} In 1931 the parish had a population of 6302.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10185038/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Coundon Tn/Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 August 2023}}
Sport
Coundon had a football team called Coundon TT which played in the FA Cup in 1984. However, the club folded in 1991.{{Fchd|id=COUNDOTT|name=Coundon TT}} Coundon Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium situated off the B6287{{cite web|url=http://www.durhamintime.org.uk/durham_miner/coundon_history.pdf|title=Coundon – a short history|publisher=Durham in Time}} and was constructed in 1936, on fields to the south side of the Bishop's Park Colliery. It has since been demolished.{{cite web|url=https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/423341/529705/12/101200|title=OS County Series Durham 1939|publisher=old-maps.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhoundderby.com/Coundon%20Greyhound%20Stadium.htm|title=Coundon Greyhound Stadium|publisher=Greyhound Derby.com}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Coundon, County Durham}}
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