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Redmarshall Village

Redmarshall is a small village and civil parish within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham. It is situated 5 miles north-west of Stockton-on-Tees. The village is currently made up of 130 households and has a total population of 354 people, of which: -

64 people (18%) are children aged 0-15
208 people (59%) are of working age
83 people (23%) are retired

Located within the village of Redmarshall there is a public house called “The Ship”, serving meals and a church that takes regular worship. Teesside Model Flying Club is a notable presence just outside the village, having purchased land that can be used by it’s members.

Redmarshall is said to have acquired it’s name from the reed marshes and bogs that exist in the area. In the first half of the twentieth century Redmarshall was one of the smallest villages in County Durham. Today Redmarshall is home to 350 people living in 130 households and whilst it is not the largest village in Durham - it is by no means the smallest.

Redmarshall History

In the first half of the twentieth century Redmarshall was one of the smallest villages in County Durham. Today Redmarshall is home to 350 people living in 130 households and whilst it is not the largest village in Durham - it is by no means the smallest.

Redmarshall has it’s origins as a farming community over hundreds of years with some of the ancient furrows and ridges that still scar the land a testament to this farming legacy. However, today only a couple of the 4 farms survive.

Redmarshall is said to have acquired it’s name from the reed marshes and bogs that exist in the area.

Redmarshall Church

The church built in the twelfth century is on the same site as an earlier Saxon church, which is notable for St Cuthbert’s body having rested here on it’s long wandering journey before finally being laid to rest at Durham Cathedral.

Another interesting feature of the church is it’s leper window. Lepers lived in a nearby colony that is now the site known as Glebe Farm and they would use the leper window of Redmarshall church when they came for communion.

Escape Tunnel

It is rumoured that an escape tunnel ran from Redmarshall church to Castle Hill at Bishopton. This is certainly plausible, as Castle Hill was also constructed in the twelfth century. It is further speculated that the spoil from the excavation of the tunnel was used in the construction of Castle Hill.

Public House

The Ship Inn is the only public house in Redmarshall. Whilst I have not come across the date of it’s construction in my brief researches this far, I would hazard a guess that it was built in the early twentieth century.

Village School

Redmarshall primary school has been closed and demolished and a bungalow now occupies its former site in Church Lane. Opposite stands a nursing home which was one of the original farms in Redmarshall.

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