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Darlington

An impressive Grade II listed building in Crown Street, Darlington Library was a gift to the town from Edward Pease (1834-1880), a leading Darlington Quaker. Meant 'the settlement of Deornoth's people', from the Anglo-Saxon Dearthington, derives the Darlington name but by Norman times the name had changed to Derlinton. Built around 1125, the oldest church in the town happens to be that of St Andrew's Church presides in the Haughton area of Darlington.

Of these the largest was the Darlington Works main line, whose works that are main were known as the North Road Shops which opened in 1863 and closed in 1966, are significant works that the town developed to have. A plot of land close to the Morton Park site, the Link66 redevelopment scheme is close to the Darlington A66 Bypass. With waste land areas that are unused being redeveloped into modern industrial and office space, the Morton Park area of Darlington is undergoing a partial redevelopment, the developments add to the plans for redevelopment of the current Central Park Council depot which into commercial space is to be redeveloped and, also close to Morton Park, the Link66 scheme.

Championship event from 1969 was Darlington Dog Show. Darlington Railway Athletic, a Northern League team, and a Football Conference team, Darlington, are teams in the town. Held every August, the Darlington 10K road run attracts several competitors. In the low rise centre, can be seen throughout large areas of the town, Darlington station boasts a large Victorian clock tower. The clock tower, Darlington's famous landmark, was a gift to the town by the industrialist Joseph Pease in 1864.

Who had, towards building costs, made the donation that was largest, Elizabeth Pease Nichol, opened the Darlington Mechanics Institute in 1854. Built with funding from Edward Pease, the Darlington Free Library opened in 1885 when the Council accepted the library gift that was purpose built and fully stocked and to run it in perpetuity agreed.

Cummins, which has an engine building facility that is large scale in Darlington's Morton Park area, is another firm within the engineering industry in the town. Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C. and Darlington RFC are rugby teams. In the North Lodge Terrace area of the town, the Islamic Society of Darlington and Jamia Mosque is an area with a high proportion of ethnic minority residents.

The Department for Transport chose Darlington as one of three national Towns of Sustainable Travel Demonstration in 2004 (together with Worcester and Peterborough), and has delivered a programme of marketing and research lasting three-years under the 'Local Motion' brand name to promote choices of sustainable travel. Offering higher education to students and businesses, University of Teesside opened, in 2011, a Darlington campus.