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Posts Tagged ‘lanchester’

24 Nov 2011

The Southern Hills Above Lanchester

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A 12.5 mile circular walk around Lanchester in County Durham, visiting Cornsay village, and also exploring the area’s wool milling and Roman history.

24 November, 2011 at 3:24 by Bill

Tags: browney valley, colepike mill, dere street, iron ore, lanchester, romans, wool fulling
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28 May 2010

The Northern Hills Above Lanchester

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Click to view start position on Google Maps Lanchester is an attractive village situated in the Valley of the Smallhope Burn which rises in the hills to the west   above Knitsley. It is not in the Browney Valley as many think. This river rises  to the south-west of Lanchester and joins the Smallhope Burn at […]

28 May, 2010 at 13:44 by Bill

Tags: birdlife, lanchester, mining, railways, roman
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