Romaldkirk

{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Romaldkirk.jpg

| static_image_caption = Romaldkirk village main street

| coordinates = {{coord|54.59358|-2.01049|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Romaldkirk

| population = 169

| population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128009&c=DL12+9DZ&d=16&e=62&g=6420238&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1436263329222&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=7 July 2015}}

| unitary_england = County Durham

| region = North East England

| lieutenancy_england = County Durham

| constituency_westminster = Bishop Auckland

| post_town = Barnard Castle

| postcode_district = DL12

| postcode_area = DL

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NY994220

}}

Romaldkirk is a village in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The village lies within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but has been administered by County Durham since 1974.

It is thought that the name might be derived from St. Rumwold (also spelt Romald or Rumbold), a little-known Saxon saint who is said to have preached the Gospel after his baptism as an infant; his resting place is recorded as being in Buckingham.

The village was formerly served by Romaldkirk railway station.

Thomas Page, the engineer, grew up in Romaldkirk.Stanley Smith, ‘Page, Thomas (1803–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21096, accessed 2 May 2011]

The architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, and famous farmer Hannah Hauxwell are buried near the village church.

The church is a Grade I listed building, containing surviving sections of Anglo-Saxon walls either side of the chancel arch, as well as a late medieval rood stair, a stone tomb effigy of Hugh Fitz Henry (who died on campaign with Edward I in 1305) in chain mail, a 12th-century font, and a pulpit (originally part of a three decker) from the early 18th century.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-111337-church-of-st-romald-romaldkirk |title=Church of St Romald, Romaldkirk, County Durham |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |access-date=3 March 2016|language=en}}