COTHERSTON, a township in the parish of RoMALD-KIRK,
western division of the wapentake of
GILLING, North riding of the county of YORK., Sf
miles (N. W. byW.) from Barnard-Castle, containing
706 inhabitants. There are places of worship for the
Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyan Methodists.
A free school on the National system has
been established for fifty children, of whom twelve are
annually clothed. The village is pleasantly situated on
the banks of the Tees, contiguous to which are the
remains of a castle that formerly belonged to the
Fitz-Hughs, lords of the manor, but was destroyed in
one of the devastating inroads of the Scots.