Wearhead

Wearhead

Wearhead is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated at the top of Weardale between Cowshill and Ireshopeburn.

It is named after the nearby source of the River Wear which runs eastwards for approx 40 miles to Sunderland.

Railways

Wearhead was the terminus of the Weardale Valley Extension Railway which opened in 1895, being mainly a freight line carrying limestone, iron ore, lead ore and fluorspar to the industrial areas of North East England. It closed to passenger traffic in 1953 and later to freight in 1961.

Decline

In 2005 Wearhead lost its last shop with the closure of the Co-op and shortly afterwards, the Methodist Church held its last service after being in existence for over 179 years.

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • River Wear — Infobox River river name = River Wear image size = caption = The river flows past Durham Castle and Cathedral, beneath Framwellgate Bridge and over a weir. origin = Wearhead, County Durham mouth = Sunderland basin countries = length = 96 km (60… …   Wikipedia

  • Weardale Railway — The Weardale Railway is a single track branch line which originally extended from Bishop Auckland to Wearhead in County Durham, a distance of about 25 miles. It was built in the nineteenth century to carry passenger and freight traffic. As late… …   Wikipedia

  • Bishop Auckland railway station — Infobox UK station name = Bishop Auckland code = BIA manager = Northern Rail locale = Bishop Auckland borough = Wear Valley start = platforms = 1 lowusage0405 = 66,681 lowusage0506 = 74,092 lowusage0607 = 85,063Bishop Auckland railway station… …   Wikipedia

  • Penrith Co-operative Society — Infobox Co operative company name = Penrith Co operative Society Ltd company company type = Consumer co operative foundation = 1890Cite web url=http://mutuals.fsa.gov.uk/SocietyDetails.aspx?Number=2854 Suffix=R title=Mutuals Public Register,… …   Wikipedia

  • List of crossings of the River Wear — This is a list of crossings of the River Wear, heading downstream, including road and rail bridges and fords.Wearhead to Stanhope* Wearhead Bridge (road) * West Blackdene Bridge (road, foot?) * Ireshopeburn Bridge (road?, foot?) * Coronation… …   Wikipedia

  • Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom — The following long distance footpaths can be found in the United Kingdom:England and Wales: National TrailsNational Trails are distinguished by being maintained by the National Trails organization [http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/] . As of|April… …   Wikipedia

  • List of places in County Durham — Location map+|County Durham caption = Some of the larger settlements of County Durham. float = right width = 400 places = Location map |County Durham label = Barnard Castle long = 1.92 lat = 54.55 background = white Location map |County Durham… …   Wikipedia

  • Ireshopeburn — infobox UK place country = England official name= Ireshopeburn latitude= 54.74266 longitude= 2.20861 population = shire district= Wear Valley region= North East England shire county = County Durham constituency westminster= MP= post town=… …   Wikipedia

  • Weardale — is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, in England. The upper valley is surrounded by high fells (up to 2454 feet O.D. at Burnhope Seat) and heather grouse moors. Before climate change its winters were harsh and… …   Wikipedia

  • Cowshill — Coordinates: 54°45′32″N 2°13′37″W / 54.759°N 2.227°W / 54.759; 2.227 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”