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Hamsterley Common
Hamsterley may refer to: * Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, a village in County Durham, England * Hamsterley, Consett, a village in County Durham, England * Hamsterley Forest, near Bishop Auckland * Hamsterley Hall Hamsterley Hall is an 18th-century English country house at Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The estate at Hamsterley was given, in 1762, by Sir John Swinburne Bt to his younger brother Henry ..., a country house near Consett * Hamsterley Mill, a village near Consett * Ralph Hamsterley (died 1518), Master of University College, Oxford See also {{dab, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland
Hamsterley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles west of Bishop Auckland. The village lies on a rise above the upper reaches of the Wear valley. To the west of the village the land rises to Hamsterley Common at the eastern edge of the fell country which lies between the valleys of the Wear and the Tees. In the centre of the village is a pub called the Cross Keys. Near to the village is Dryderdale Hall, a grade II listed mansion built in 1872 by the architect Alfred Waterhouse for the Backhouse family. It was used as a location for the filming of ''Get Carter''. Hamsterley has a population of around 550, measured as 445 at the 2011 Census. An episode of ''Time Team'' in 2008 examined a large stone structure in nearby Hamsterley Forest known as "the Castles", with walls five metres thick. It appears to date from the late Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
