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Burnhope

Coordinates:54°49′41″N1°42′32″W/ 54.828°N 1.709°W/54.828; -1.709
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Burnhope
Coal chauldrons and pit wheel sculpture at Burnhope. (Opened by MP Hilary Armstrong and two of the local school children, Mark Gray and Kerry Pinnington)
Burnhope is located in County Durham
Burnhope
Burnhope
Location withinCounty Durham
Population1,564 (2011)
OS grid referenceNZ187482
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Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDURHAM
Postcode districtDH7
Dialling code01207
PoliceDurham
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54°49′41″N1°42′32″W/ 54.828°N 1.709°W/54.828; -1.709

Burnhopeis a village andcivil parishinCounty Durham,England. It is located in theCragheadvalley on the opposite side toStanleyand has 1,564 inhabitants, as measured in the2011 census.[1]Burnhope overlooksLanchesterin theBrowney Valley,roughly two miles to the west andMaiden Lawis roughly two miles north.Holmsideis roughly two miles to the south east.

The village

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Burnhope is a village of contrasts, being home to many of the area's poorest and richest people (among them, children's authorTerry Deary). In 2003 twowind turbineswere erected in a field between the village and nearbyCraghead,creating a new landmark to accompany thetransmission mast.Burnhope is the only place that theDurham Miners' Galahas been held apart fromDurham.This was in 1926 the year of theGeneral Strikewhen it was banned at Durham so it was moved to Burnhope. In 1986 a 60th anniversary was held to mark this event.

The school was run in 1921 by William Jacques Warwick, with his wife Emmeline teaching in the Infants Department.

Burnhope has increased in size rapidly within the last few years with over 120 new homes being built by developer, Keepmoat Homes.

Burnhope from Springwell Farm with Burnhope Television Mast on the horizon

Langley Hall

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Langley Hall

Two miles south-east are the ruins of Langley Hall, a 16th-century fortified manor house. Built forHenry Scrope,7th Baron Scrope of Bolton it probably consisted of three ranges around a courtyard with a moat. After Scropes' death the estate passed down his family untilEmanuel Scrope,1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton. With Emanuel's death in 1630 the hall and estate fell into disrepair.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^"Parish population 2011".Retrieved13 July2015.
  2. ^Hutchinson, William (1823).The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham.pp. 481–3.
  3. ^Historic England."Langley Hall (1145890)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved4 September2023.
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