Rookhope War Memorial

Rookhope War Memorial is a memorial in Stanhope, County Durham, England. Rookhope War Memorial is situated nearby to the pub The Rookhope Inn, as well as near the post office Rookhope Newsagent.

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Rookhope Inn and Church of St John the Evangelist.

The Rookhope Inn

Pub

Photo: Rodge500, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Rookhope Inn is a pub.

Church of St John the Evangelist

Church

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Rookhope War Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rookhope and Lintzgarth.

Rookhope

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rookhope is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th century.

Lintzgarth is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Rookhope. The Lintzgarth smeltmill was built in 1737 and was used for smelting lead by all of the leadmines in the Rookhope valley.

Eastgate

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastgate is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope. In the 2001 census Eastgate had a population of 163. Eastgate is situated 2½ miles south of Rookhope War Memorial.

Rookhope War Memorial

Type: Memorial
Description: war memorial in Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Categories: war memorial and historic site
Location: Stanhope, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.78091° or 54° 46′ 51″ north

Longitude

-2.09797° or 2° 5′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C6VQWJ2+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2284871185

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q66478150

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Highlights include Rookhope Newsagent and Rookhope Village Hall.

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