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Tow Law

Tow Law

Tow Law is a town and civil parish in , England. It is situated a few miles to the south of and 5 miles to the north west of .
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  • Type: Village with 2,140 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in County Durham, England
  • Also known as: “Tow Law, County Durham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include War Memorial and Church of St Philip and St James.

Memorial
Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a church in Tow Law, County Durham, England. The church was designed by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler and completed in 1869.

Church
Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inkerman and Thornley.

Hamlet
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a village in , England. Built in 1854–1855 a short distance to the north-west of Tow Law to house ironstone miners, it was named after the victorious Battle of of the Crimean War, similarly to Balaclava, another County Durham village.

Hamlet
Photo: Vivienne Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in Weardale, , England, about 1 mile south of Tow Law. In 2001 it had a population of 184.

Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small rural village to the east of Tow Law and north of in , England. has one pub, and a former post office.

Tow Law

Latitude
54.74363° or 54° 44′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.81425° or 1° 48′ 51″ west
Population
2,140
Elevation
1,004 feet (306 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TWW
Open location code
9C6WP5VP+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29345529
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2635590
Wiki­data ID
Q1613455
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Tow Law” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Tow Law”
  • Basque: “Tow Law”
  • Cebuano: “Tow Law”
  • Chinese: “Tow Law”
  • Dutch: “Tow Law”
  • French: “Tow Law”
  • Hausa: “Tow law”
  • Irish: “Tow Law”
  • Italian: “Tow Law”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tow Law”
  • Persian: “تاو لاو”
  • Polish: “Tow Law”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تاو لاو”
  • Swedish: “Tow Law”
  • Turkish: “Tow Law”
  • Ukrainian: “Тау-Ло”
  • Welsh: “Tow Law”
  • “Tow Law”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tow Law Post Office and Tow Law Jump Track.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tow Law”. Photo: Smiler03, CC BY-SA 3.0.