Editing High Coniscliffe (section)

==Geographical and political==
[[File:Coniscliffe 003 1876-1900.jpg|thumb|left|The Green, 1876–1900]]
High Coniscliffe covers {{convert|3008|acre|km2}}<ref name="GenukiConiscliffe05">{{cite web|url=http://www.joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Coniscliffe/index.html|title=Genuki|last=Joiner|first=Paul R.|date=13 March 2005|work=Coniscliffe|access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref> and is located between Coniscliffe Moor to the north with its [[ridge and furrow]] meadow, and the [[River Tees]] to the south. It has a [[village green]] on the south side of the [[A67 road|A67]], but most of the village is along the north side of the road which is called The Green at that point. St Edwin's church is on the south side of the road, backing on to a small cliff and the River Tees, and facing the green and the road.<ref name="Thorpe1949">{{cite journal|last=Thorpe|first=H.|title=The green villages of County Durham|journal=Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers) |publisher=Royal Geographical Society|year=1949|issue=15 |pages=155–180 |doi=10.2307/621036 |jstor=621036}}</ref> The cliff itself is walled, towered and [[Battlement|crenellated]] in places,<ref name="DBCwalledcliff1981">{{cite web|url=http://www.durham-pa.gov.uk/durhamcc/DRE.nsf/DREPicture?readform&PIC=dre/m/09682.jpg&NAME=High+Coniscliffe&IMGID=M9080&PLACE=High+Coniscliffe |title=Darlington Borough Council |work=High Coniscliffe: 1981 photograph of walled cliff |access-date=3 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and in the mid−19th century the village was surrounded by quarries.<ref name="DictionaryofEngland1848">{{cite book|last=Conhope – Cooknoe|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England|editor=Samuel Lewis|publisher=Institute of Historical Research|year=1848|pages=679–682|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50894#s6|access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref> Another focus of the village is the T-junction where Ulnaby Lane meets the A67, and where the A67 is closest to the river. The [[Teesdale Way]] follows the north bank of the river at the south of the village. The name, Coniscliffe, means ''king's cliff'', first recorded in 1040 as ''Cingcesclife'', from the [[Old English]] ''cyning'' and ''clif'' together with the [[Old Norse]] ''konungr''.<ref name="WalksleafletNo5">{{cite web|url=http://www.darlington.gov.uk/dar_public/documents/Development%20and%20Environment/Countryside/coniscliffemoorandteesdaleway.pdf|title=Walks around the borough of Darlington|date=2 August 1999|work=No. 5: Coniscliffe Moor and Teesdale Way (leaflet)|publisher=Darlington Borough Council|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopediadotcom1">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-ConiscliffeHighConsclffLw.html|title=Encyclopedia.com|year=2010|work=Coniscliffe, High|access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref> It is on a ridge or cliff of [[limestone]], and closer to the river at the west end than the east end of the village, due to the river bend.<ref name="GenukiConiscliffe05"/><ref name="Whellan1894">{{cite book|last=Whellan|title=History, Topography and Directory of Durham|location=London|publisher=Whellan|year=1894|url=http://www.joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Coniscliffe/index.html}}</ref> The village is in Heighington and Coniscliffe ward under [[Darlington (borough)|Darlington Borough Council]], and Gerald Lee and Eric Roberts are the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[councillor]]s for the ward.<ref name="DBCcouncillors">{{cite web|url=http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Democracy/Wards/Heighington+and+Coniscliffe+ward.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060520073336/http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Democracy/Wards/Heighington+and+Coniscliffe+ward.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2006 |title=Darlington Borough Council |year=2010 |work=Heighington and Coniscliffe |access-date=2 April 2010 }}</ref> Wildlife found in the area includes the [[Western barn owl|barn owl]], [[garden warbler]], and [[tawny owl]]; a [[bird colony|rookery]] is also located nearby.<ref name="Communigate2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/dtnfc/page31.phtml |title=This is the North-East: Communigate |year=2008 |work=2008 Annual Report |access-date=2 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612013427/http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/dtnfc/page31.phtml |archive-date=12 June 2011 }}</ref>