Old Thornley Medieval Settlement

Old Thornley Medieval Settlement is an archaeological site in Thornley, County Durham, England. Old Thornley Medieval Settlement is situated nearby to the forest Ducket Wood, as well as near the village Cassop.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thornley War Memorial and Wheatley Hill Stadium.

Thornley War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Karlovian, Public domain.

Thornley War Memorial is situated 1 mile northeast of Old Thornley Medieval Settlement.

Wheatley Hill Stadium

Athletics track

Wheatley Hill Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium in Wheatley Hill, County Durham. It is situated to the west of Peterlee, near Thornley and Wingate. Wheatley Hill Stadium is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Old Thornley Medieval Settlement.

St Albans Church

Church

Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Albans Church is situated 2 miles south of Old Thornley Medieval Settlement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thornley and Cassop.

Thornley

Village

Photo: Karlovian, Public domain.

Thornley is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, about 5 miles to the east of Durham and 5 miles west of Peterlee. The community grew around a coal mine established in 1835, which remained open until 1970.

Cassop

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cassop is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.

Wheatley Hill

Village

Photo: george hurrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wheatley Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Peterlee, near Thornley and Wingate. Until 2009, it was part of Easington District.

Old Thornley Medieval Settlement

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Thornley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.73975° or 54° 44′ 23″ north

Longitude

-1.44198° or 1° 26′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C6WPHQ5+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6838508563

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ducket Wood and Sacred Heart and English Martyrs.

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