Darlington (authority)

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Unitary authority (borough status) in northeast England, created in 1997.

Area
197 sq km/76 sq mi

Towns and cities
Darlington (administrative headquarters); villages of Hurworth on Tees, Middleton St George, Heighington, Hurworth Place

Features
River Skerne flows through Darlington, River Tees forms southern boundary of authority; Darlington Railway Centre and Museum houses English engineer George Stephenson's locomotion engine, which first ran from here to Stockton in 1825; St Cuthbert's church (1180)

Industries
heavy engineering, iron and steel, vehicle components, bridge building, telecommunications, fitted furniture, textiles, knitting wool, agriculture

Population
(2001) 97,800

Famous people
Ralph Hodgson (poet)

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