Fishburn
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Fishburn is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about west of Hartlepool. The population was 2,454, increasing to 2,588 at the 2011 Census.
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- Locality
- Fishburn
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,588
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Fishburn
- UK place.static_image_name
- FishburnMemorial.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Fishburn Miners Memorial
- UK place.population
- 2,588
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Fishburn
- UK place.unitary_england
- County Durham
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- County Durham
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sedgefield
- UK place.post_town
- STOCKTON-ON-TEES
- UK place.postcode_district
- TS21
- UK place.postcode_area
- TS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01740
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ364321
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2588
- Image
- Church of St Catherine in the Parish of the Upper Skerne - geograph.org.uk - 2729966.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01740
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- Fishburn
- postal code
- TS21
- OS grid reference
- NZ364321
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- Location
- History
- Coal mining
- Culture
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- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Notable people
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Fishburn is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about west of Hartlepool. The population was 2,454, increasing to 2,588 at the 2011 Census.
==Location== The village lies scattered along a dry swell of magnesian limestone rising north from the River Skerne (known locally as the "beck") to approximately above sea level. The beck is one of the parish boundaries, as the township of Sedgefield begins on the other side of the river.
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