Wearhead is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated at the top of Weardale between Cowshill and Ireshopeburn...
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River Wear (section Wearhead to Bishop Auckland)
Burnhope Seat. The source of the river is traditionally held to be at Wearhead, County Durham at the confluence of Burnhope Burn and Killhope Burn. The...
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Wearhead railway station served the village of Wearhead, County Durham, England, from 1895 to 1961 on the Weardale Railway. The station opened on 21 October...
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is situated on the south side of Weardale, between St John's Chapel and Wearhead, and on the other side of the Wear from West Blackdene and New House. In...
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of a business case. The railway originally ran from Bishop Auckland to Wearhead in County Durham, North-East England, a distance of 25 miles (40 km), built...
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England. It is situated at the top of Weardale, between Lanehead and Wearhead. In the 2001 census Cowshill had a population of 156. The Church of St...
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Burnhope Reservoir (/ˈbʊnəp/ BUUN-əp) is a reservoir above the village of Wearhead, County Durham, England. The reservoir was created by the construction...
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very small scale for mineral specimens. Weardale had a railway as far as Wearhead in three stages opened in 1847, 1862 and 1895, but the section of the line...
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18th century 54°44′49″N 2°12′33″W Sparks Farm Bridge Stanhope 1986 54°44′59″N 2°13′5″W Wearhead Bridge A689 road Wearhead 1989 54°45′0″N 2°13′18″W...
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miles (4 km) away, and Burnhope supplies Wear Valley treatment works at Wearhead. With the opening of the new Wear Valley works, in 2004, an older facility...
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