Official Name: | Coundon |
Label Position: | left |
Country: | England |
Region: | North East England |
Shire County: | Durham |
Unitary England: | County Durham |
Constituency Westminster: | Bishop Auckland |
Population: | 2611 |
Population Ref: | (2001) |
Post Town: | Bishop Auckland |
Postcode Area: | DL |
Postcode District: | DL14 |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ241219 |
Coordinates: | 54.6637°N -1.6341°W |
Static Image Name: | Church of St James, Coundon, County Durham.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Church of St James, Coundon |
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.[1] In 2011 the ward had a population of 7139.[2]
The name Coundon comes from its original name, "Cunadun", which either translates in Old English "cow's hill",[3] or else derives from the Brittonic toponymic term *cönẹ:d , whose meaning is obscure.[4]
Coundon was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Auckland-St. Andrew,[5] from 1866 Coundon was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Bishop Auckland.[6] In 1931 the parish had a population of 6302.[7]
Coundon had a football team called Coundon TT which played in the FA Cup in 1984. However, the club folded in 1991. Coundon Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium situated off the B6287[8] and was constructed in 1936, on fields to the south side of the Bishop's Park Colliery. It has since been demolished.[9] [10]