Toft Hill, County Durham

Toft Hill
Toft Hill
Toft Hill shown within County Durham
OS grid reference	NZ1628
Civil parish	Etherley
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TOFT HILL
Postcode district	DL14
Dialling code	01388
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Bishop Auckland
List of places UK England County Durham 54°38′56″N 1°45′11″W / 54.649°N 1.753°W / 54.649; -1.753Coordinates: 54°38′56″N 1°45′11″W / 54.649°N 1.753°W / 54.649; -1.753

Toft Hill is a hilltop village in County Durham, in England straggling along the A68, a few miles to the west of Bishop Auckland and adjoining the village of High Etherley. An ancient site of defensive settlement and used by the Romans, the name of Toft Hill is possibly of Norse or Angle derivation and means "Hill Hill". The village is underlaid by coal measures and saw expansion in the 19th century mining boom under the coal-owning Stobart family. The various drifts of their Carterthorne Colliery formed large extended galleries beneath the village. In recent years much of the village's archaeology has been swept away by open cast mining.

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