Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Kimblesworth Church - geograph.org.uk - 246647.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Local Church in Kimblesworth, County Durham |
Official Name: | Kimblesworth |
Coordinates: | 54.819°N -1.597°W |
Civil Parish: | Kimblesworth and Plawsworth |
Population: | 1614 |
Population Ref: | [1] |
Unitary England: | County Durham |
Lieutenancy England: | Durham |
Region: | North East England |
Constituency Westminster: | North Durham |
Post Town: | CHESTER LE STREET |
Postcode District: | DH2 |
Postcode Area: | DH |
Dial Code: | 0191 |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ259473 |
Kimblesworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kimblesworth and Plawsworth, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.[2] It is situated between Durham and Chester-le-Street. The population Kimblesworth and Plawsworth at the 2011 Census was 1,614.
It is home to Kimblesworth Cricket club, who due to financial reasons now play in the North East Durham cricket league.
Kimblesworth was formerly an extra-parochial tract,[3] from 1858 Kimblesworth was a civil parish in its own right,[4] on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and became part of "Kimblesworth & Plawsworth", Sacriston and Witton Gilbert.[5] In 1961 the parish had a population of 478.[6]