BEDBURN (NORTH), a township in that part
of the parish of ST-ANDREW-AUCKLAND which is in
the north-western division of DARLINGTON ward,
county palatine of DURHAM, 5f miles (N.W. byW.)
from Bishop-Auckland, containing 351 inhabitants.
This township is situated between the river Wear and
the Bedburn rivulet, and abounds with picturesque and
romantic scenery: at its north-western extremity is
an ancient earthwork, called " The Castles," of an oblong
form, surrounded by a lofty rampart of loose;
pebble stones, with an outer ditch, supposed to have
been a British fortress. At Bedburn Forge is a manufactory
for edge-tools, spades, &c., which, prior to the
year 1820, was used for bleaching linen cloth and yarn
by a chemical process.