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Headlam is a village in the borough of
Darlington
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In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
and the
ceremonial county
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of
County Durham
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, England. It lies to the west of
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town.
In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
.
The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of
Ingleton. The hamlet has 14 stone houses plus 17th-century Headlam Hall, now a country house hotel. The village is set around a village green with a medieval cattle-pound and an old stone
packhorse bridge
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across the beck. Headlam is classed as Lower Teesdale and has views to the south as far as
Richmond
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* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
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and to the
Cleveland Hills
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in the east.
In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Headlam:
References
External links
Villages in County Durham
Places in the Borough of Darlington
Places in the Tees Valley
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