a municipal borough and market-town of England, county of Durham, and eighteen miles S. of the town of that name. It occupies a declivity on the right bank of the Skerne (an affluent of the Tees), here crossed by a bridge of three arches. The surrounding country is rich and fertile. The market-place is a large and well-built square, from which several of the streets diverge. On the eastern side of the square stands the church of St. Cuthbert, a cruciform building in the early English style, and surmounted by a fine tower and spire 180 feet high. Darlington has a grammar-school founded by Queen Elizabeth, a blue-coat, national, and infant schools, mechanics' institute, dispensary, savings-banks, &c. The manufactures of Darlington are considerable, consisting of woollen and linen stuffs, yarns, worsted, optical glasses, and iron and brass wares. Market-day, Monday. Pop. (1851) 11,228.