WINSTON, a parish in the south-western division
of DARLINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM,
65 miles (B.) from Barnard-Castle, containing S87
inhabitants. -The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's
books at £9. 18. l., and in the patronage of the
Bishop of Durham. The church is dedicated to St.
Andrew. The village is situated on an elevation rising
from the northern bank of the river Tees, which is
crossed by a handsome stone bridge of one arch, one
hundred and eleven feet span, built in 1764. A school
was founded here by the Earl of Bridgewater, who endowed
it with £70 per annum.