Grasholme
Grasholme is a locality in Lunedale, County Durham, England. Grasholme is situated nearby to the locality Grassholme, as well as near the hamlet Kelton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkcarrion and Balderhead Reservoir.
Kirkcarrion
Archaeological site
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Kirkcarrion is a copse of pine trees, surrounded by a stone wall, on a hilltop near Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England. The trees, which were planted in Victorian times, cover a tumulus which is reputed to be the burial place of a Bronze Age chieftain, Prince Caryn, who ruled before the days of the Romans. Kirkcarrion is situated 1½ miles northeast of Grasholme.
Balderhead Reservoir
Reservoir
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Balderhead Reservoir is a reservoir in Baldersdale, County Durham, England. It is one of a chain of three reservoirs on the River Balder, a tributary of the River Tees, which it joins at Cotherstone, about 5 miles to the east. Balderhead Reservoir is situated 2 miles south of Grasholme.
Laithkirk Church
Church
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Laithkirk Church is situated 2½ miles northeast of Grasholme.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grassholme and Thringarth.
Grassholme
Locality
Grassholme is a village in County Durham, England. For centuries it lay within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but, along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Thringarth
Hamlet
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Thringarth is a hamlet in Lunedale, in the Pennines of England. It is traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Harter Fell
Locality
Harter Fell is an area of upland heath in west County Durham, England. It lies on the watershed between the River Tees to the north-east and the River Lune to the south and reaches a maximum height of 481 metres above sea level about 1-kilometre north of the hamlet of Thringarth.
Grasholme
- Type: Locality
- Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.58999° or 54° 35′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.11834° or 2° 7′ 6″ westElevation
988 feet (301 metres)Open location code
9C6VHVQJ+XMGeoNames ID
10377368
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