Hartforth

Hartforth is a small village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 9 mi south-west from the market town of Darlington, and is part of the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. The population was 558 at the 2021 census.



Hartforth Hall
Hartforth Hall is a Grade II* listed country house. It was built in 1744 for William Cradock of Gilling, who had bought the manor of Hartforth in 1720. Additions were made in 1792 and c. 1900. It passed to Sheldon Cradock, MP for Camelford, whose grandson, Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock, was born at Hartforth in 1862 and who died at the Battle of Coronel. The property was operated as a hotel and wedding venue from 1986 to 2017, but the hotel is now permanently closed.