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Darlington is a town in North East England and the main population centre
in the Borough of Darlington. Darlington has a resident population of
97,838. The town lies within the traditional and ceremonial county of
Durham. On 1 April 1997, the Borough of Darlington became a unitary
authority, which separated it from the non-metropolitan county of Durham,
for administrative purposes.
Darlington's main railway station lies on the East Coast Main Line. There
are also services from the historic North Road railway station and
associated Darlington Railway Centre and Museum. The town is also home to
the football team Darlington F.C., known as "The Quakers" because of the
contributions made to the town by men such as Edward and Joseph Pease,
members of the Religious Society of Friends.
History Darlington started life as a Saxon settlement on the river
Skerne. It has an attractive historic market area in the town centre. St
Cuthbert's chu
