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Durham Bus Station
Durham bus station served the city of Durham, in County Durham, England. The bus station is managed by Durham County Council. This bus station is situated on North Road in the city centre. It is currently closed and is in the process of being rebuilt. Redevelopment In September 2020, plans to redevelop the bus station were approved. From 15 February 2021, all services were relocated to adjacent streets in order to allow the bus station to be demolished. The new bus station was expected to open in late summer 2022. In July 2022, it was announced that the project had been delayed to summer 2023. Services Services run from this bus station around the city of Durham and surrounding suburbs. One of the most famous buses in Durham is the Durham Cathedral Bus, a dedicated bus service that runs between Durham rail station and city coach parks to the cathedral. Bus services from Durham bus station run as far afield as Newcastle, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham, England
Durham ( , locally ), is a cathedral city and civil parish on the River Wear, County Durham, England. It is an administrative centre of the County Durham District, which is a successor to the historic County Palatine of Durham (which is different to both the ceremonial county and district of County Durham). The settlement was founded over the final resting place of St Cuthbert. Durham Cathedral was a centre of pilgrimage in medieval England while the Durham Castle has been the home of Durham University since 1832. Both built in 11th-century, the buildings were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. HM Prison Durham is also located close to the city centre and was built in 1816. Name The name "Durham" comes from the Brythonic element , signifying a hill fort and related to -ton, and the Old Norse , which translates to island.Surtees, R. (1816) ''History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham'' (Classical County Histories) The Lord Bishop of Durh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houghton-le-Spring
Houghton-le-Spring ( ) is a town in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North East England which has its recorded origins in Norman times. Historically in County Durham, it is now administered as part of the Tyne and Wear county. It is situated almost equidistant between the cathedral city of Durham southwest and Sunderland about northeast. The town of Seaham and the North Sea lie about directly east. The villages and towns of Newbottle, Fencehouses and Hetton-le-Hole lie nearby. It has a population of 36,746. Other villages within the Houghton-le-Spring postal district include: Philadelphia, Penshaw, Shiney Row, Chilton Moor and Woodstone Village. History The earliest mention of the town's name is in the Boldon Book in 1183 as 'Hoctona'. An English transcription states: :''In Houghton are thirteen cottagers, whose tenures, works and payments are like those of Newbotill; and three other half cottagers, who also work like the three half cottagers of Newbotill. Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Moor
Langley Moor is an old pit village in County Durham, England. It is located approximately 2 miles south-west of Durham, England, Durham City. Langley Moor is within the civil parish of Brandon and Byshottles which is itself within the City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency), City of Durham constituency, as of 2019 represented by Mary Foy (politician), Mary Foy MP. History The village consists of a large park, three pubs, three schools, a church and an industrial estate. Holliday Park (previously Bents Park, known locally as Boyne Park after Viscount Boyne, Lord Boyne) is located to the north of the village, and was renovated in 2016 with a new children's play area. The park also provides access to the River Browney which runs through it. The park was donated to the public by local alderman and Philanthropy, philanthropist Martin Forster Holliday (1848-1935), who was the manager and agent for three North Brancepeth Coal Company collieries (Broompark, Boyne and Littleburn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crook, County Durham
Crook is a market town in the County Durham (district), district and County Durham, ceremonial county of County Durham, Northern England. The town is located on the edge of Weardale, therefore is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to Weardale". The town is in an unparished area, until 1974 it was in Crook and Willington Urban District and was parished. It is located a couple of miles north of the River Wear, Crook lies about 9 miles (14.5 km) south-west of the historic city of Durham, England, Durham, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Bishop Auckland and 2 miles (3.5 km) from Willington, County Durham, Willington. The A690 road from Durham turns into the A689 leading up through Wolsingham and Stanhope, County Durham, Stanhope into the upper reaches of Weardale (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The centre of Crook, a designated conservation area, features a variety of shops and businesses with the market held on Tuesdays and a few stalls on a Saturday. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brancepeth
New Brancepeth is a village in County Durham, in England. It is about west of the centre of Durham, above the River Deerness. Its population is around 100–200. It is about north of Brancepeth Brancepeth is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about from Durham on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 414. Brancepeth Castle was u ... village. It was the pit village for New Brancepeth Colliery. Notable places * New Brancepeth Primary School * New Brancepeth Park * New Brancepeth Methodist Church References External links Villages in County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esh Winning
Esh Winning is a village, and location of a former colliery, in County Durham, England. It is situated in the River Deerness, Deerness Valley to the west of Durham, England, Durham. The village was founded by the Pease family in the 1850s to service a new mine on the Esh Estate. The name of the village comes from two elements, first the older nearby village of Esh, County Durham, Esh, a Saxon term for Ash, and second Winning, which was a Victorian term used when coal was found. In March 2006 the National Lottery granted £25,200 towards the restoration of the Esh Winning Colliery banner. The banner group planned to use the money to restore the banner, which was on display at Beamish Museum, and to produce a replica for display at the Durham Miners' Gala. Open-pit mining, Opencast mining was performed in the hills around the village from the late 1970s to 1990s, after which the land was reclaimed and restored. Media The second episode of the 1975 series ''Days of Hope'' was se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackhall Colliery
Blackhall Colliery is a village on the North Sea coast of County Durham, in England. It is situated on the A1086 between Horden and Hartlepool. To the south of the Blackhall Colliery's Catholic church is Blackhall Rocks. Built around the once extensive mining industry, Blackhall's colliery closed in 1981. Daniel Hall was one of the founding fathers of the colliery and invested heavily in the establishment of the mining infrastructure in the area. It is believed but unconfirmed that the name Black-Hall was established as a result of Daniels alias 'Black' due to his association with the mining of coal and his surname Hall. In 1991 a local campaign to erect a statue of Mr Hall was unsuccessful due to a lack of available funding from the local Authority. There is now an industrial estate built over part of the old colliery buildings, the colliery itself was pulled down in the 1980s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalton Park
Dalton Park is a shopping centre on the outskirts of Murton, County Durham, England. It is the largest factory outlet style shopping centre in North East, England. Shops The Centre comprises 75 stores, including 7 restaurants. Anchor tenants include Marks and Spencer Outlet, Next Clearance and Adidas. The shopping centre offers over 1500 free parking spaces and a dedicated coach pickup/drop off point. The Gap Outlet anchor store closed in September 2021, following an announcement in July of that year that over 80 of their stores would close. Ownership ING Real Estate owned Dalton Park until it was sold to Peveril Securities in September 2013. A further off-market sale occurred in June 2015 which resulted in Janus Henderson UK Property (PAIF), a division of TH Real Estate acquiring the Centre for £38 million. Developments In September 2016 a seven-screen Cineworld cinema opened along with outlets for Frankie and Benny's, KFC, Pizza Express and Prezzo. A Morrisons Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterlee
Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England. It lies between Sunderland to the north, Hartlepool to the south, the Durham Coast to the east and Durham to the west. It gained town status in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946. The act also created the nearby settlement of Newton Aycliffe and later Washington, Tyne and Wear. History The case for founding Peterlee as a new town was put forward in ''Farewell Squalor'' by Easington Rural District Council Surveyor C. W. Clarke, who also proposed that the town be named after the celebrated Durham miners' leader Peter Lee. It is one of the few places in the British Isles to be directly named after a recent individual, and unique among the post-Second World War new towns in having its existence requested by local people through their MP. A deputation, mostly if not wholly consisting of working miners, met the Minister of Town and Country Planning to put the case for a new town in the district. The Minister, Lewis Silkin, responded by o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanchester, County Durham
Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Durham and from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054. Although there was a small drift mine on the edge of the village which closed in the 1970s, Lanchester's economy was mainly based on agriculture. It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s. History The earliest occupation on the site is the Roman auxiliary fort located just southwest of Lanchester (. ''Longovicium'' lay on the Roman road leading north from Eboracum (York), known as Dere Street. It is situated between the forts of Vindomora (Ebchester) and Vinovia ( Binchester). The fort dates to AD 140, covers almost , and housed around 1,000-foot soldiers and cavalry. The fort foundations are well preserved, but there has only been minor excavation work carried out in 1937. Stone from the fort was used in the construction of All Saints' Church, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shotley Bridge
Shotley Bridge is a village, adjoining the town of Consett in County Durham, England. It is on the A694 road and beside the River Derwent which is crossed by the bridge giving the name. It was once the heart of Britain's swordmaking industry. The village is southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. History There were formerly several fords over the River Derwent near this place and in medieval times a wooden bridge. The present stone bridge was widened in 1820, but its original date is not known. The bed of the river itself was the source of stone for millstones, and licences for this are recorded at "Shotley Brig" in 1356. A water-powered corn mill was established in the 14th century, later replaced by a steam-powered one which was sold to the Derwent Co-operative Flour Mill Society Ltd in 1872, and continued until its closure in 1920. A paper mill was established in 1788 (the first in the north of England) and greatly expanded with mechanization so that in 1894 it had 300 hands ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consett
Consett is a town in County Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in 2019. History Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. Its' name originates in the Old English ''Cunecsheafod'' ("Cunec's headland"), first recorded in the 13th century. In 1841, it was a village community of only 145, but it was about to become a boom town: below the ground were coking coal and blackband iron ore, and nearby was limestone. These three ingredients were needed for blast furnaces to produce iron and steel. The town is perched on the steep eastern bank of the River Derwent and owes its origins to industrial development arising from lead mining in the area, together with the development of the steel industry in the Derwent Valley, which is said to have been initiated by immigrant German cutlers and sword-makers from Solingen, who settled in the village of Shotley Bridge during the 17th century. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
