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Rookhope, Durham

Historical Description

Rookhope, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Stanhope parish, Durham, on a brook of its own name, an affluent of the river Wear, 4½ miles NW of Stanhope station on the N.E.R. There is a post office under Darlington; money order office, Westgate; telegraph office, Stanhope. Population, 560. There are lead mines in the neighbourhood, and a fair is held in August. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £400 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, and bell-turret. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountyCounty Durham
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtDL13
Post TownBishop Auckland

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