Forest and Frith
{{Short description|Civil parish in County Durham, England}}
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| population =163
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Forest and Frith is a civil parish in the County Durham unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 163.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04010630 |title=Forest and Frith Parish}}
The parish has an area of {{convert|7,002|ha|sqmi}}. It is bordered by the parishes of Stanhope to the north, Newbiggin to the east, Holwick to the south east and Lunedale to the south, in County Durham,{{cite web |title=Parish Boundary map |url=https://maps.durham.gov.uk/OLBasic/Index.aspx?appid=24 |website=maps.durham.gov.uk |publisher=Durham County Council |access-date=30 March 2023}} and by Westmorland and Furness in Cumbria to the west, the western boundary being the River Tees and Cow Green Reservoir. The main settlements in the parish are Forest-in-Teesdale, Ettersgill, Harwood and Langdon Beck.{{cite web |title=Forest and Frith Civil Parish |url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/forest-and-frith-civil-parish/ |website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk |publisher=Co-Curate |access-date=30 March 2023}}
The 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Forest and Frith as a township in Middleton-in-Teesdale of {{convert|17270|acres|ha sqmi }} with a population of 862 in 130 houses.{{cite web |title=Forest and Frith, County Durham |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3260 |website=A vision of Britain through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=30 March 2023}} In 1866 it became a parish in its own right.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10095463|title=Relationships and changes Forest and Frith Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 March 2023}}
It does not have a parish council but has a parish meeting.{{cite web |title=Forest and Frith Parish Meeting |url=https://cdalc.info/forest-and-frith-parish-council/ |website=cdalc.info |publisher=County Durham Association of Local Councils |access-date=30 March 2023}}
There are 10 listed buildings in the parish: a barn, 3 bridges, 5 milestones and a water wheel pit.{{cite web |title=Historic Buildings and Monuments in Forest and Frith |url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/historic-buildings-and-monuments-in-forest-and-frith/ |website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk |publisher=Co-Curate |access-date=30 March 2023}} The parish lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Welcome to the North Pennines |url=https://www.northpennines.org.uk/visit-explore/explore-map/ |website=North Pennines AONB |access-date=30 March 2023 |date=25 November 2019}}
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The church of St James the Less, Forest and Frith was built in 1845 and is off the B6277 road south of Langdon Beck.{{cite web |title=St. James the Less Church, Forest with Frith, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co Durham |url=http://www.upperteesdalechurches.co.uk/st-james-the-less.html |website=Upper Teesdale Churches Together |access-date=30 March 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=St James |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13577/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |access-date=30 March 2023 |language=en}}
The word "Forest" in the name means open land used for hunting, as in Royal forest and New Forest, and "frith" means woodland, as in Chapel en le Frith.{{cite web |title=Teesdale history and scenery |url=https://englandsnortheast.co.uk/teesdale/ |website=England's North East |access-date=30 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=Key to English Place-names: Forest and Frith |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Durham/Forest%20and%20Frith |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=30 March 2023}}