Blanchland
Blanchland is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the County Durham boundary. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 135.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Village with 124 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Northumberland, England
- Also known as: “Blanchland, Northumberland” and “Shotley High Quarter”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel and Abbey Gatehouse With Post Office.
The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
Pub
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel is a medieval hotel in Blanchland, Northumberland, England. It is dated to 1165 and was used as a hiding hole by monks of nearby Blanchland Abbey for centuries and contains hidden stairways and stone flagged floors.
Abbey Gatehouse With Post Office
Building
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbey Gatehouse With Post Office is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baybridge and Hunstanworth.
Baybridge
Hamlet
Baybridge is a small village in Northumberland, England, just to the west of Blanchland and on the border with County Durham. It is situated to the west of Consett and the Derwent Reservoir, between Newbiggin and Blanchland.
Hunstanworth
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hunstanworth is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated approximately 10 miles to the west of Consett, south-west of the village of Blanchland.
Townfield
Hamlet
Townfield is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated just to the south of Hunstanworth and part of that parish, about 10 miles west of Consett. Townfield is situated 1½ miles southwest of Blanchland.
Blanchland
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Blanchland, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.84786° or 54° 50′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.05474° or 2° 3′ 17″ westPopulation
124Elevation
801 feet (244 metres)Open location code
9C6VRWXW+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 29638058OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655379Wikidata ID
Q2543086
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Blanchland” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бланчланд”
- Cebuano: “Blanchland”
- Chinese: “Blanchland”
- Dutch: “Blanchland”
- French: “Blanchland”
- German: “Blanchland”
- Irish: “Blanchland”
- Italian: “Blanchland”
- Ladin: “Blanchland”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Blanchland”
- Polish: “Blanchland”
- Swedish: “Blanchland”
- Turkish: “Blanchland”
- Welsh: “Blanchland”
- “Blanchland”
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