Editing Low Coniscliffe (section)

==Geographical and political==
[[File:Coniscliffe Grange Farm - geograph.org.uk - 137044.jpg|thumb|left|Coniscliffe Grange Farm]]
The local geology of [[Permian]] rocks includes [[limestone]], [[chalk]], [[gypsum]] and [[Sodium chloride|salt]]: all liable to be soluble or [[Karst topography|karstic]], and these can cause [[subsidence]] and caves in some places, although not necessarily in Low Coniscliffe.<ref name="BGSsolublerocks">{{cite web|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/science/landUseAndDevelopment/shallow_geohazards/dissolution.html|title=British Geological Survey|year=2010|work=Caves, subsidence and soluble rocks|publisher=BGS|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> The village is situated along the north bank of the [[River Tees]], {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} east of its parish church at [[High Coniscliffe]] and {{convert|3|mi|km}} west of Darlington. Apart from the Baydale Beck pub on the A67, Low Coniscliffe is now mostly a fairly new estate within a small triangle formed by the River Tees to the south and east, the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1 road]] to the west and the [[A67 road]] to the north. Beyond these boundaries to the east is Broken Scar [[Water supply|waterworks]] and [[Darlington]], and fields and small villages in other directions.<ref name="Streetmap1"/>[[File:Rhodotus palmatus2.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Rhodotus]] palmatus'' was seen locally, 1993]] Possible earlier boundaries could have been the Tees to the south, Ulnaby Beck to the west, Baydale Beck to the east and Cocker Beck to the north. Cocker Beck encloses [[Thornton Hall, High Coniscliffe|Thornton Hall]] in the parish.  The inhabitants of the hall, the Tailbois, Thorntons, Bowes and Honeywoods, have been associated with Low Coniscliffe in the past.<ref name="SamLewisLowCon1848"/> The nearest village is [[Merrybent]] to the north−west,<ref name="Streetmap1">{{cite web|url=http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=424500&y=513500&z=120&sv=Low+Coniscliffe&st=3&tl=Map+of+Low+Coniscliffe,+Darlington+%5BCity/Town/Village%5D&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf|title=Streetmap.co.uk|year=2010|work=Low Coniscliffe|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> and the highest point is Coniscliffe Grange at the north end of the parish.<ref name="MyWainwrights">{{cite web|url=http://www.mywainwrights.co.uk/2009walks/250509/250509.htm|title=My Wainwrights|date=25 May 2009|work=The Coniscliffes|access-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501135206/http://www.mywainwrights.co.uk/2009walks/250509/250509.htm|archive-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>

In 1762 the village had a [[Toll road|turnpike]] gate.<ref name="Raine2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.rainegenealogy.com/RaineOther.html|title=Raine genealogy|last=Raine|first=Jo|date=1 July 2007|work=Other Raine info: Burials and Memorial Inscriptions|access-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930101237/http://www.rainegenealogy.com/RaineOther.html|archive-date=30 September 2009}}</ref> In the 1891 census Low Coniscliffe included Coniscliffe Grange, Dublar Castle and East Farm,<ref name="1891censusStreetIndex">{{cite web|url=http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place:Darlington_Registration_District,_1891_Census_Street_Index_C-F|title=Your Archives|year=2010|work=Place:Darlington Registration District, 1891 Census Street Index C-F|access-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918022054/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place%3ADarlington_Registration_District%2C_1891_Census_Street_Index_C-F|archive-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> and there was a Badle Beck Inn which is probably the current Baydale Beck Inn.<ref name="YourArchivesStreetnames2">{{cite web|url=http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place:Darlington_Registration_District,_1891_Census_Street_Index_P-R|title=Your Archives|year=2010|work=Place:Darlington Registration District, 1891 Census Street Index P-R|access-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918050156/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place%3ADarlington_Registration_District%2C_1891_Census_Street_Index_P-R|archive-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> The village was not affected by the flooding of 2007, but lost power for one morning.<ref name="NorthernEcho30jun07">{{cite web|url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/search?q=closures&o=70&l=10&ob=newest&dr=|title=The Northern Echo|date=30 June 2007|work=Emergency teams on standby for flooding|access-date=6 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414215404/http://www.newsquest.co.uk/?q=closures&o=70&l=10&ob=newest&dr=|archive-date=14 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Chenopodium]] glaucum'', or ''oak−leaved goosefoot'', was found here in 1930, and ''[[Gagea|Yellow Star of Bethlehem]]'' was found in 1942.<ref name="BritishFlora1960">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsbi.org.uk/vc_66_Durham.pdf|title=bsbi.org.uk|last=Simpson|first=N.&nbsp;D.|year=1960|work=Bibliographic index to the British Flora|pages=122|access-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004409/http://www.bsbi.org.uk/vc_66_Durham.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> The rare fungus ''[[Rhodotus]] palmatus'' was found in the area in 1993.<ref name="TheVasculum1993"/><ref name="VasculumOct94"/>