HAUGHTON-le-SKERNE, a parish comprising the townships of Barmpton, Great Burdon, Haughton, and Whessoe, in the south-eastern division of DARLINGTON ward, and the chapelry of Sadberge, and the township of Coatham-Mundeville, in the south-western division of STOCKTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, and containing 1245 inhabitants, of which number, 466 are in the township of Haughton, 1 mile (N. E. by E.) from Darlington. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £ 53.6,8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, presents several traces of early Norman architecture. There is a customary manor attached to the benefice, in the township of Haughton, but the ancient services are fallen into desuetude. Several of the inhabitants are employed in weaving coarse linen for the manufacturers at Darlington. A place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists was erected in 1825. A charity school was established by subscription about 1768, which has a small endowment of £7 per annum.- in 1816 commodious school premises were erected, comprising separate rooms for boys and girls, and apartments for the master; the latter have since been enlarged into a dwelling-house; the school is chiefly supported by voluntary contributions.