Middlestone
{{Short description|Village in United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
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| official_name= Middlestone
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| country= England
| region= North East England
|coordinates = {{Coord|54.675|-1.611|display=title|region:GB_scale:5000}}
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| unitary_england= County Durham
| lieutenancy_england= Durham
| hide_services= Yes
| population =67
| population_ref = (2001 census)
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Middlestone is a village and former civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool)|ISBN= 9780319228777 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2010}} It is situated to the south of Spennymoor, near Kirk Merrington. In the 2001 census Middlestone had a population of 67.{{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 |format=PDF |accessdate=14 October 2016 |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%2BValley%2BSettlement%2BSummary%2BSheets%2BNumbers.pdf |archivedate=7 October 2007 }}
Civil parish
Middlestone was formerly a township in the parish of Auckland-St. Andrew,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5297|title=History of Middlestone, in Wear Valley and County Durham|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 August 2023}} from 1866 Middlestone was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Bishop Auckland, part also went to form Spennymoor.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10189860|title=Relationships and changes Middlestone Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 August 2023}} In 1931 the parish had a population of 1812.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10189860/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Middlestone Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 August 2023}}
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Category:Villages in County Durham
Category:Former civil parishes in County Durham
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