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{{Short description|Village in County Durham, United Kingdom}}

'''West Cornforth''' is a village in [[County Durham]], in [[England]]. It is situated to the south of [[Cornforth]], near the [[M1 motorway (England)|M1]] [[motorway]], [[Ferryhill]] and [[Spennymoor]].

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'''West Cornforth''' is a village in [[County Durham]], in [[England]]. It is situated to the south of [[Cornforth]], near the [[M1A1 motorwayroad (EnglandGreat Britain)#A1.28M.29|M1A1(M)]] [[motorway]], [[Coxhoe]], [[Ferryhill]] and [[Spennymoor]].

It is known locally as “Doggie”, but the etymology of this name is uncertain. It may relate to the former production of [[dog iron]]s.

In 2008, the village was awarded the '[[Calor Village of the Year]]' in the young people's Northern category.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-01-02 |title=Positive thinking gets recognition |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1936187.positive-thinking-gets-recognition/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=The Northern Echo |language=en}}</ref> In 2011, the village had a population of 2,501.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04010611 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>

The village dates back to 1857<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornforth, County Durham {{!}} Co-Curate |url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/cornforth/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk}}</ref> and grew in size in conjunction with the local coal mine, Thrislington Colliery (now [[Thrislington Plantation|Thrislington Quarry]]), until its closure in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Durham Mining Museum - Thrislington Colliery |url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/t003.htm |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=www.dmm.org.uk}}</ref> It was served by the [[West Cornforth railway station]] up to 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: West Cornforth railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6854292 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Jack Stokoe]] (1920–1999), [[flying ace]] with the [[Royal Air Force]] during the Second World War

* [[Moir Lockhead|Sir Moir Lockhead]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Doctor honoris causa|DHC]] (born 1945), businessman, was educated in West Cornforth School.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/apr/26/3 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |title=Angry - but not off the rails |first=Andrew |last=Clark |date=26 April 2003 |accessdate=19 April 2016}}</ref>

* [[Gordon Cowans]] (born 1958), footballer, most famous for his career at [[Aston Villa F.C.]]

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