Hamsterley
Hamsterley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and borders the hamlet of Low Westwood. The name Hamsterley possibly derives from the Old English ‘hamstra’, meaning a corn weevil and ‘ley’ meaning clearing, hence a clearing frequented by corn weevils, perhaps indicating the poor quality of farming in the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village near Consett, County Durham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Hamsterley Colliery”, “Hamsterley, Consett”, and “Hamsterley, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christ Church Hamsterley and Vindomora.
Vindomora
Archaeological site
Photo: Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain. Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and 12 miles west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne.
Derwentcote Steel Furnace
Industrial building
Photo: Helen Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Derwentcote Steel Furnace, Rowlands Gill, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built in 1720, is an example of an early cementation furnace which produced high-grade steel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Low Westwood and High Westwood.
Low Westwood
Village
Low Westwood is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated immediately to the west of Hamsterley. Low Westwood is probably best known for Hamsterley Christ Church and Derwent care home.
High Westwood
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Westwood is an English village in County Durham, a few miles to the north of Consett, near Ebchester and Hamsterley. It once had a colliery and coke works.
Ebchester
Village
Ebchester is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and Shotley Bridge. It also sits to the south east of Whittonstall and the hamlet of Newlands.
Hamsterley
- Category: locality
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.90255° or 54° 54′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.82062° or 1° 49′ 14″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
9C6WW53H+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 29342168OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Hamsterley” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hamsterley, Consett”
- Irish: “Hamsterley”
- Polish: “Hamsterley (Consett)”
- Polish: “Hamsterley”
- Swedish: “Hamsterley, Consett”
- Welsh: “Hamsterley, Consett”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hamsterley & Westwood Community Centre and Hamsterley Colliery War Memorial.
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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 “Hamsterley”. Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY 2.0.