Longovicium - Izeria

Longovicium (Fort Romain de Lanchester) était un fort auxiliaire sur Dere Street, dans la province romaine de Bretagne inférieure. Il est situé au sud-ouest de Lanchester (grille de référence NZ159469 dans le comté anglais de Durham, à environ 8 miles (13 km) à l'ouest de la ville de Durham et de 5 miles (8 km) de Consett.

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Cornsay Colliery

Cornsay Colliery is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the west of Durham, close to Cornsay, Quebec and Esh Winning.

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Quebec, County Durham

Quebec is a small village in County Durham, in North East England. Once a coal mining village, it is situated 6 miles (10 km) west of the city of Durham, and close to the villages of Esh, Cornsay Colliery, Esh Winning and Langley Park. The village has a tearoom, a hotel (Hamsteels Hall), St John the Baptist Church, a village hall, a playground and a used car dealership.

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Esh, County Durham

Esh is a village and civil parish situated around five miles north-west of Durham in County Durham, England. The central area of the village contains a stone cross, which probably replaced a former market cross. This is locally known as St Cuthberts Cross and bears the inscription I. H. S., and the date 1687. Esh is a rural village, nestled between a number of working farms; it has two primary schools, a pub and two churches, St Michael and All Angels (C of E) and St. Michael's (Roman Catholic).

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Langley Park, County Durham

Langley Park is a village in County Durham, England. The historic city of Durham lies 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east. The village has a wide variety of shops and amenities and is also home to Diggerland, where children of all ages can take control of a variety of heavy machinery and take rides over the former colliery ground on bulldozers and Land Rovers. The village has a primary school which includes nursery, reception, infant and junior classes. The Lanchester Valley Railway Path runs along the northern edge of Langley Park on the site of the disused Consett Iron Works railway line. It is designated as National Route 14 on the Sustrans National Cycle Network which runs from Haswell, via Durham City, to Consett. Langley Park has grown steadily in recent years and has benefited from the influx of new residents, who are attracted to the village by the construction of several housing developments. Current housing projects are underway on the site of the former Kings Picture house and Hilltop View and plans are in hand to construct houses on the current site of Anderson & Young coachworks. The River Browney, which flows to the north of the village, has recovered from the effects of contamination caused by a century of local industry and is fished regularly both by anglers and by otters, who have made a return to the river in recent years. There are Commonwealth War Graves in the cemetery of the Anglican church, All Saints in Langley Park, which is also the only grave of the unknown soldier outside London.

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Wall Nook

Wall Nook is a hamlet in the civil parish of Esh, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the south of Langley Park, to the north west of Durham. Wall Nook is known for its picturesque pastoral scenery in the autumn and was depicted on many nineteenth century lithographs.

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