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Tanfield Lea
Tanfield Lea is a village north of Stanley, County Durham, England, and south of Tantobie.
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Tantobie
Tantobie is a former colliery village in County Durham, England. It is situated 2 miles to the northwest of Stanley and the same distance to the north of Annfield Plain.
Older maps of the area show the village under the name "Tantovy". The etymology is doubtful: it looks as if it ends in Old Norse by "village", "farm", like Lockerbie and Formby, but the meaning is uncertain.
To the east is a small housing estate named 'Sleepy Valley', which is close to the village of Tanfield.
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Kip Hill
Kip Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated directly to the north of Stanley, near Shield Row.
It has two pubs, the Blue Bell Inn and the Ball Alley* (*formerly known as the 'Shield Row Hotel'1) 2The 3rd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1921
The area was once known as Kiphill but sometime between 1895 and 1898 this changed to the current Kip Hill.
Kip Hill is a Mile from the Causey Arch and Causey Burn.
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White-le-Head
White-le-Head is a village in County Durham, in England, situated in close proximity to the village of Tantobie. It is located on the opposite side of the Tanfield valley to Stanley. The village housed miners working at the Tanfield Moor Colliery (1768–1948).
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Clough Dene
Clough Dene is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanley, in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Tantobie, a few miles from Stanley and Annfield Plain.