“The village of Castle Eden, formerly called South Eden, is situated between Stockton and Sunderland, in the County of Durham.” That is how Castle Eden was described in The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend in October, 1888, where we discover the village was also previously known as ‘Yoden’ and ‘Jodene’.
Here are more things you might like to know about the village:
A pile of broken rocks found lying close to Gunner’s Pool (so called because a Gunner drowned there many years ago) is believed to have been placed there by the devil who was helping to build Durham Cathedral. Legend tells how the devil had collected the stones from Castle Eden Dene and placed them in an apron he was wearing to transport the stones to Durham. When his apron broke under the weight of the stones, the contents fell out and were left in the Dene.
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