a town of Darlington ward in the county of Durham, 246 miles from London. It had once a market, which of late years has been disused. Near to it is the splendid mansion of the Duke of Cleveland, Raby Castle, built by John de Neville in 1378. The inhabitants of the town were, in 1801, 1156; in 1811, 1087; in 1821, 1273; and in 1831, 1478.