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Stanley, County Durham
Stanley is a town and civil parish in County Durham (district), County Durham in England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, Stanley lies south-west of Gateshead. The town's name is derived from the Old English ''stān'' and ''lēah'', meaning "stony woodland clearing". The local economy was once based on coal-mining and other heavy industries; with their disappearance or substantial decline, Stanley is now primarily a commuter town. Its core began to grow in the nineteenth century through the expansion and merger of the mining villages of East Stanley and West Stanley. The civil parish, created in 2007, incorporates the town of Stanley and the following villages and settlements: to the north of the town centre, Shield Row, Kip Hill, and Causey, County Durham, Causey; to the east, No Place; to the south-east, Bloemfontein, The Middles, and Craghead; to the south, South Moor and Quaking Houses; to the south-west, Oxhill, County Durham, Oxhill, Catch ...
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Stanley Crook
Stanley Crook is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of Crook, County Durham, Crook and Billy Row. The area is rural, surrounded by open farm land and woodland. There are several farms and many small holdings. It is a small former mining village which used to have two collieries. During the 1970s, the village was classified as category D, which meant the council wished to demolish the whole village. However, this did not happen, only 3 streets were demolished. In the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census Stanley Crook had a population of 405. The village has a BMX track and a football pitch, which until recently was home to Stanley United, one of England's oldest football clubs (who now play at Peases West). A park and a new housing estate is currently being built. The village's other facilities include primary school, a community centre, a petrol station, a small garden centre, a Church of England'Church of St Thomas There is also a monumen ...
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Craghead
Craghead is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England **County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham *Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States Durham may also refer to: Places ..., England. It is a mining village. It is located at the bottom of the valley to the south of Stanley, on the main road between Stanley and Durham, and not far from the village of Edmondsley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 4973. from 1869 Craghead was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Stanley and Lanchester. The village still has some reminders of its industrial past, including a colliery brass band. Craghead United F.C., a defunct association football club, was based here. Also in Craghead there are many public houses inc ...
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Tantobie
Tantobie is a former colliery village in County Durham, England. It is situated 2 miles to the northwest of Stanley and the same distance to the north of Annfield Plain. Older maps of the area show the village under the name "Tantovy". The etymology is doubtful: it looks as if it ends in Old Norse ''by'' "village", "farm", like Lockerbie and Formby, but the meaning is uncertain. To the east is a small housing estate named 'Sleepy Valley', which is close to the village of Tanfield Tanfield may refer to: People *Charlie Tanfield (born 1996), British racing cyclist *Elizabeth Tanfield (1585–1635), English poet and dramatist *Francis Tanfield (1565–?), Proprietary Governor of the South Falkland colony in Newfoundland *Lawr .... Notable people :''See :People from Tantobie'' References External links Villages in County Durham Stanley, County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub ...
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White-le-Head
White-le-Head is a village in County Durham, in England, situated in close proximity to the village of Tantobie. It is located on the opposite side of the Tanfield valley to Stanley Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) .... Villages in County Durham Stanley, County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub ...
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Harperley
Harperley is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated between Tantobie to the north east, Tanfield Lea to the east, Stanley to the south, East Kyo to the south east and Catchgate, West Kyo and Annfield Plain to the west. Harperley consists of two parts; the southern part (consisting of seven houses) is set around crossroads from which there is easy access to West Kyo, Catchgate, Annfield Plain and Stanley. The northern part (consisting of three houses and a farm) is grouped around the now derelict Harperley Hotel, a now closed public house formerly known locally for meals and hosting wedding functions. Due to local council ownership in the 1970s, it allegedly gained the nickname ''Ratepayer's Arms''. The grounds surrounding the Harperley Hotel used to be the site of a zoo (in the 1960s) and a children's playground (as late as the 1980s). A local stream called the Kyo Burn flows through the grounds, which lower down its course is known as Beamish Burn and l ...
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Tanfield Lea
Tanfield Lea is a village north of Stanley, County Durham, England, and south of Tantobie. Religious sites There is a Methodist Church, which also has a village hall. Industry The Ever Ready battery company used to be a major employer in the local area, employing over a thousand workers at its peak. The Tanfield Lea factory was closed in 1996, following the take over of British Ever Ready by the American company Ralston Purina Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment. On December 12, 2001, it merged with Swiss food-giant Nestlé's ... in 1992. References Villages in County Durham Stanley, County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub ...
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Harelaw
Harelaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the B6168 road to the north of Annfield Plain and Catchgate, south of Flint Hill, County Durham, Flint Hill and east of Dipton, County Durham, Dipton. ''Carrmyers Pond'' and ''Carrmyers Burn'' form the boundary between Catchgate and Harelaw. ''St. Thomas's Church'' sits next to Carrmyers Burn on the B6168 road passing through Harelaw towards Catchgate. ''Harelaw Special School'' was situated on the opposite side of the B6168 to St. Thomas's Church until 2013. This relocated to nearby Greencroft to become ''Croft Community School'' when ''Greencroft Business and Enterprise Community School'' merged with ''Stanley School of Technology'' and moved to Stanley, County Durham, Stanley to become North Durham Academy. Croft Community School took over the vacated site. A small village shop existed in the centre of Harelaw until the late 1980s, before being converted into a house. A small industrial estate is sit ...
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