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    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...
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    branch line heritage railway between Bishop Auckland, Witton-le-Wear, Wolsingham, Frosterley and Stanhope. Weardale Railway began services on 23 May 2010...
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    Wolsingham School is a coeducational secondary school located in Wolsingham, County Durham, England. The school is situated just off the A689, and near...
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    Wolsingham Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Wolsingham, a town in County Durham, in England. It accommodates the local public library...
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    on the River Wear close to its confluence with Bollihope Burn; between Wolsingham and Stanhope; 18 miles (29 km) west of Durham City and 26 miles (42 km)...
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    settlements include St John's Chapel and the towns of Crook, Stanhope and Wolsingham. Weardale's winters are typically harsh and prolonged with regular snow...
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    square miles (221 km2) It has some land in common with the neighbouring Wolsingham civil parish. On 31 December 1894 "Stanhope Urban" parish was formed from...
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  • Heversham School (1613) Steyning Grammar School (1614) Wolsingham School (1614) originally Wolsingham Grammar School The Perse School (1615) Wilson's School...
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  • English surname. Rev. John Alexander Blackett (1803–1865), Rector of Wolsingham and youngest son of Christopher Blackett, was the first member of the...
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    England". Originally from Bishop Auckland, Carling completed his GCSEs at Wolsingham School before attending sixth form at Barnard Castle School, an independent...
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  • 6th (1917) editions of it. Also in 1885 Espin was appointed Curate of Wolsingham and he established an astronomical observatory there. In 1888 he transferred...
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    the Moors and Commons within the Chapelry of Hamsterly, in the Manor of Wolsingham, in the County of Durham. Confirmation of a lease of mines contract between...
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    Roundhead soldiers only a few months later, on 2 July 1644, at Redgate Head, Wolsingham, County Durham, while on his way to baptize two children. Taken to Sunderland...
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    1904 Bedburn Hall and cottage and outbuildings on estate, Hamsterley, Wolsingham, Co. Durham, for John Walton Fogg-Elliott 1906 The White Cottage, German...
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    the line with services terminating at either Bishop Auckland West or Wolsingham. On days where the line is served through to Bishop Auckland only two...
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    08308, 08523, 08573, 08613, 08885, 08936 RMS Locotec Weardale Railway, Wolsingham, County Durham 08308 carries the number "23". In 2023 it became a battery...
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    Middlesbrough, Ipswich Town and Darlington striker Alun Armstrong. He attended Wolsingham School and is a qualified personal trainer having picked up a Level 3...
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    (3.2 km) from Willington. The A689 road from Durham leads up through Wolsingham and Stanhope into the upper reaches of Weardale. Until 1974, the town...
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    by Ofsted. The nearest secondary schools are in Alston (12 miles) and Wolsingham (14 miles). The nearest swimming pool is 14 miles away and the nearest...
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    great religious heritage. Weardale Railway, at Stanhope, County Durham, Wolsingham and Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Kynren, theme park and night show...
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    Falcons Rugby Union player, born in Shotley Bridge and brought up in nearby Wolsingham Barry Venison (born 1964), retired footballer and pundit "Archived copy"...
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    Weardale Railway continues to run occasional services between Stanhope and Wolsingham. Mining of lead ore has been known in the area of the headwaters of the...
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  •  166. March 2010. p. 31. "Colas Rail begins running coal trains from Wolsingham". Rail Express. No. 183. August 2011. p. 11. Foster, Stefanie (17 April...
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    the County of Northumberland; and another Branch from the said Road at Wolsingham, in the County of Durham, to Crosgate, near the City of Durham. Essex...
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    Weardale Railway passes Harperley en route between Witton-le-Wear and Wolsingham. The village itself, is in-fact located further north from the site of...
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  • Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham DL13 BISHOP AUCKLAND Stanhope, Frosterley, Wolsingham, Tow Law County Durham, Westmorland and Furness DL14 BISHOP AUCKLAND Bishop...
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    Whorlton Windlestone Wingate Winston Witton Gilbert Witton-le-Wear Wolsingham Wolsingham Park Moor Woodland Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas The former...
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    Craggs was baptized on 10 June 1657, the eldest son of Anthony Craggs of Wolsingham, county of Durham, and his wife Anne Morcroft, daughter of Rev. Ferdinando...
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    village of Burnopfield. It is the last village on the old turnpike road to Wolsingham before it reaches the border with County Durham. Byermoor colliery occupied...
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    Whorlton Windlestone Wingate Winston Witton Gilbert Witton-le-Wear Wolsingham Wolsingham Park Moor Woodland Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas The former...
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