EDMONDBYERS, a parish in the western division of CHESTER ward, county palatine of DURHAM, comprising the chapelry of Hunstonworth, and the township of Edmondbyers, and containing 769 inhabitants, of which number, 358 are in the township of Edmondbyers, 12 miles (N. N.W.) from Wolsingham. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £ 6.11.4., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is dedicated to St. Edmund. The village, situated on the southern bank of the Derwent, is irregularly built. There is a smelting-mill, erected by the London Lead Company, the neighbouring parish abounding with leadore. A school-room was built in 1825, at the joint expense of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and the trustees of Lord Crewe.