CARLEBURY, a hamlet in the parish of CONISCLIPFE,
south-eastern division of DARLINGTON ward,
county palatine of DURHAM, 65 miles (W. byN.) from
Darlington. The population is returned with the township
of High Coniscliffe. Tradition informs us that this
and several other villages in this district were burnt in
one of the incursions of the Scots. At Carlebury hills,
in the time of Charles I., a severe battle was fought between
the royalists and a party of the parliamentary
forces 5 and some human bones have since been dug up,
presumed to have belonged to those who were slain.
Extensive quarries of limestone exist here.