Stanhope, County Durham

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Stanhope is a town in County Durham

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stanhope within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Stanhope in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Stanhope, market town and par. with ry. sta., Durham - par., 61,195 ac. (320 water), pop. 8793; town, on river Wear, 6 miles NW. of Wolsingham, pop. 1840; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday. Stanhope is celebrated for its lead mines, which are very extensive; ironstone and limestone are also worked. Stanhope Castle was a seat of the Featherstonehaugh family; the park is 12 miles in circuit.

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