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Tursdale is a
hamlet in the
civil parish of C****op-****-Quarrington, in
County Durham, England. It is
situated in
rural landscape about two
miles to the...
- East of England. The
alignment diverges from the East
Coast Main Line at
Tursdale Junction,
travelling a
distance of 21
miles (34 kilometres)
north through...
- Townfield, Trimdon,
Trimdon Colliery,
Trimdon Grange, Tudhoe,
Tudhoe Grange,
Tursdale, Unthank,
Urlay Nook, Urpeth,
Ushaw Moor,
Ushaw College Wackerfield, Waldridge...
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lines were opened—to
Gateshead to the north, in 1868, and from
Durham to
Tursdale Junction and
Darlington to the
south in 1872. The
route is now part of...
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through Coxhoe now B6291 with a
weight limit. Now uses
formerly unclassified Tursdale Road.
Originally started on
former A1 (later A167, now
Front Street) north...
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redeveloped in 1871, when the
North Eastern Railway developed a new line from
Tursdale through Relly Mill
Junction to Durham, and
onwards from
Newton Hall Junction...
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number of settlements:
Bowburn C****op Old C****op Old
Quarrington Parkhill Tursdale Unlike the
ecclesiastical parish of C****op-****-Quarrington with Bowburn...
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Embleton near Sedgfield, Co
Durham and
thereby acquired estates at Embleton,
Tursdale,
Claxton and Fishburn. Much land was sold by Sir
Bertram Bulmer (1579–1638)...
- later, for manriding). Its
first coal was
drawn in 1908. It
merged with
Tursdale colliery in 1931 and grew to be one of the
largest in the
Durham coalfield...
- at
Deerness Valley Junction. In 1871 the NER
developed a new line from
Tursdale through Durham, and
onwards north to
Newcastle Central via Chester-le-Street...
