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Stanhope parish is the largest parish area in England, at 85 square miles (221 km 2) [5] It has some land in common with the neighbouring Wolsingham civil parish. If Stanhope was a district it would be the 135th largest in England and would be 94th if only counting districts that are 2 tier thus excluding unitary authorities and similar, 2 ceremonial counties namely the City of London and ...
Rookhope is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th Century. It is situated in the Pennines to the north of Weardale. W. H. Auden once called Rookhope "the most wonderfully desolate of all the dales". [1]
The site they selected, on the north side of Front Street in the west end of the town, was held in copyhold by the Diocese of Durham, and the Bishop of Durham, Edward Maltby, donated it to the parish. [1] The new building was designed in the Victorian style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in 1849. The design involved a main block of ...
Westgate Castle was a peel tower-cum-hunting lodge, probably built in the 14th century, and forming the western gatehouse (hence the name) of Stanhope Deer Park owned by the Bishop of Durham. [2] In 1442 the building was granted to Lord Lumley and used for forest courts and administration, but later served as a residence. By 1647 the 'castle ...
Ireshopeburn (/ ˈ aɪ s ʊ p b ɜːr n /; EYE-suup-burn) is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the south side of Weardale, between St John's Chapel and Wearhead, and on the other side of the Wear from West Blackdene and New House. In the 2001 census Ireshopeburn had a population of 112. [1]
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Wearhead is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated at the top of Weardale between Cowshill and Ireshopeburn. It is named after the nearby source of the River Wear which runs eastwards for approx 40 miles (64 km) to Sunderland. In the 2001 census Wearhead had a population of 210. [1]
Cowshill is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. [1] [2] It is situated at the top of Weardale, between Lanehead and Wearhead. In the 2001 census Cowshill had a population of 156. [3] The Church of St Thomas (1912) is located in Cowshill, and is the parish church for Heatherycleugh parish. [4]