Weardale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area...
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The Weardale Railway is an independently owned British single-track branch line heritage railway between Bishop Auckland, Witton-le-Wear, Wolsingham, Frosterley...
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Thornley is a village in Weardale, County Durham, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Tow Law. In 2001 it had a population of 184. "Wear Valley Settlement...
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74111; -2.11000 The Weardale campaign, part of the First War of Scottish Independence, occurred during July and August 1327 in Weardale, England. A Scottish...
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Bishop Auckland railway station (redirect from Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway)
when the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) backed Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway (BA&WR) gained the powers via an act of Parliament to build a railway...
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Jonathan Douglas Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale, KCB, DL (born 1958) is a British life peer who formerly served as the Director General of the British...
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Wolsingham (section Weardale Railway)
Wolsingham is a market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope. Wolsingham sits at the confluence...
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Herd v Weardale Steel Coal & Coke Ltd was a case heard by the House of Lords in 1915. The case involved a miner who demanded to be returned to the surface...
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Westgate, County Durham (section Weardale Railway)
civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale between St John's Chapel and Eastgate. In the 2001 census Westgate had...
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The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, established in the 1840s, produced iron and steel at Tow Law and Tudhoe in County Durham in England, where it also...
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