ESCOMBE, a chapelry (parochial), in the north-western
division of DARLINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM,
1 mile (W.) from Bishop-Auckland, containing
232 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, endowed with
£200 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and
in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham. There is
an extensive colliery at Etherley-lane, a hamlet in this
chapelry.