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By 1856, the Pearce family owned Stanhope Farm. In 1928, Jack Peel bought Stanhope Farm and called it Stanhope Park Dairy. In 1973, the New South Wales Housing Commission compulsorily resumed Stanhope Park Dairy. The suburb name reflects these early properties. Stanhope Gardens Estate opened in 1995 and was recognised as a suburb in 1996. [2]
St John's Chapel is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, on the south side of the River Wear on the A689 road between Daddry Shield and Ireshopeburn. The 2001 census reported a population of 307. [1] The village has its own primary school, which in 2014 was graded at "outstanding" by ...
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 ...
Eastgate is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope. In the 2001 census Eastgate had a population of 163. [1] Eastgate originally marked the eastern border of the private hunting park of the Prince Bishops of Durham.
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.
The village of Muggleswick is three miles to the north. In 1283 under a license the land was enclosed around Stanhope and Waskerley Head. [2] The Stanhope & Tyne Railway line opened in 1834 transporting limestone from the quarries above Stanhope. However, the line was bankrupt by 1840 and the Derwent Iron Company took over the route to ensure a ...
The bishop and his friends indulged in hawking, but hunting for red deer in the parks of Wolsingham and Stanhope was their principal pastime. The bishops' hunting forest in Weardale was the second largest in England after the New Forest. The oldest houses in Wolsingham are at Whitfield Place on Front Street.
Stanhope is a borough in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census , the borough's population was 3,526, [ 10 ] a decrease of 84 (−2.3%) from the 2010 census count of 3,610, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] which in turn reflected an increase of 26 (+0.7%) from the 3,584 counted in the 2000 census .