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Dalton-le-Dale
Dalton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,546. It is situated on the old A19 road between Seaham and Murton. The vill of Daltun is named in Bede's Ecclesiastical History as having been given to Monkwearmouth monastery in the 8th century. In the 10th century it was given to the community of St Cuthbert by King Æthelstan.
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Cold Hesledon
Cold Hesledon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parishes of Murton and Dalton-le-Dale, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Murton. In 1961 the parish had a population of 997.
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Dalton Old Pump House
Dalton Old Pump House, formerly Dalton Pumping Station, is a Victorian former pumping station at Cold Hesledon, near Dalton-le-Dale in County Durham in England. It used to provide drinking water for Sunderland and the surrounding district and now functions as a wedding venue.
Built in the Venetian Gothic Revival style, it is a grade II* listed building. Inside, a pair of beam engines (dating from 1873-79, when the complex was built) remain preserved in place, though they are no longer operational.
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Deneside
Deneside is an area in Seaham, County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Seaham.
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Stony Cut, Cold Hesledon
Stony Cut, Cold Hesledon is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of north-east County Durham, England. It consists of a shallow cutting alongside Seaham Golf Course close to the village of Cold Hesledon.
The cutting exposes a section of Late Permian Ford Formation (Zechstein) dolomite in which the transition from the flat to the crest of the shelf-edge of an ancient reef is clearly visible. The site has been designated as of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review.