CORNFORTH, a township in the parish of BISHOP'S-MIDDLEHAM,
north-eastern division of STOCKTON ward,
county palatine of DURHAM, Q% miles (S. S. E.) from
Durham, containing 330 inhabitants. The hill at the
bottom of which the village lies contains a vast quantity
of limestone; and the houses are disposed in the form
of a square, with a green of several acres in the centre.
Dr. Hutchinson, a learned writer, was born here.