Grassholme
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.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Grassholme, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkcarrion and Balderhead Reservoir.
Kirkcarrion
Archaeological site
Photo: Etype.jaguar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Grassholme.
Balderhead Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Grassholme.
Laithkirk Church
Church
Photo: Hodgsonge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laithkirk Church is situated 2½ miles northeast of Grassholme.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thringarth and Harter Fell.
Thringarth
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Harter Fell is situated 1½ miles north of Grassholme.
Bowbank
Hamlet
Bowbank is a hamlet in Lunedale, a side valley of Teesdale in County Durham, England. It is within Lunedale civil parish and is situated on the B6276 road, 1 mile south of Middleton-in-Teesdale and 8 miles north west of the town of Barnard Castle. Bowbank is situated 2 miles northeast of Grassholme.
Grassholme
- Category: village
- Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.58893° or 54° 35′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.11573° or 2° 6′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6VHVQM+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3633258485OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5597526
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Grassholme” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grassholme”
- French: “Grassholme”
- Irish: “Grassholme”
- Polish: “Grassholme”
- Welsh: “Grassholme”
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