FERRY-HILL, a chapelry in the parish of MERRINGTON, south-eastern division of DARLINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 5 miles (E. N.E.) from Bishop-Auckland, containing 574 inhabitants. The chapel has lately received an addition of three hundred and fifty-two sittings, of which two hundred and fifty-six are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £250 towards defraying the expense. There are collieries in the neighbourhood. At an early period the convent of Durham had a chapel here, dedicated to St. Ebbe and St. Nicholas, a court-house, swannery, and fish pool; there are still some remains of the swan-house.