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Tanfield, County Durham
Tanfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is near Stanley, and the location of Tanfield Railway, the Causey Arch and Tanfield School. The village was formerly a mining village.
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Crookgate Bank
Crookgate Bank is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the east of Burnopfield.
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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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Causey, County Durham
Causey is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Stanley.
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Hobson, County Durham
Hobson is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south of Burnopfield, north of Stanley and Annfield Plain.
Hobson was a pit village, the colliery was named Burnopfield Colliery and was sunk in 1742 and closed in 1968.
Among the village's attractions are the Hobson Hotel, Hobson Industrial Estate and Hobson Golf Club.