3600 x 4800 px | 30,5 x 40,6 cm | 12 x 16 inches | 300dpi
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Sedgefield Co. Durham, North East, England
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Church was built between 1246 and 1256 and is dedicated to Sedgefield Church / in County Durham, England. St. Edmund's Edmund Rich (1175 - 1240), Archbishop of Canterbury who was canonized in 1247. c.1850 Sedgefield is a large village in the borough of Sedgefield in County Durham, England. It has a population of approximately 5, 000. Sedgefield is in the parish of Upper Skerne. Sedgefield has attracted particular attention as the Member of Parliament for the wider Sedgefield constituency was the former Prime Minister Tony Blair. During November 2003, Sedgefield was visited by the American president George W. Bush during a state visit. He visited a local pub, as well as the local secondary school (Sedgefield Community College). This event was preceded by high-intensity security, which included fastening down manhole covers and drains, and closing the centre of the village to all traffic. An anti-war protest coincided with his visit. St Edmunds church in Sedgefield is noted for its ornate 17th century Cosin woodwork, unique to County Durham: this is especially precious now that the display in Brancepeth has perished through fire. In the 19th Century, Sedgefield was a great hunting centre, dubbed 'the Melton of the North'. Ralph Lambton, the celebrated hunting man, had his headquarters at Sedgefield: the humorous writer, Robert Smith Surtees, who lived at Hamsterley Hall, was a friend of his. On 23 February 1815, (while Lord Byron was moping at Seaham Hall, not far away) Lord Darlington writes: 'Mr Ralph Lambton was out with some gentlemen from Sedgefield, and a most immense field.' Sedgefield is twinned with Hamminkeln, Germany.
