Rookhope Smelting Mill
Rookhope Smelting Mill is an archaeological site in Stanhope, County Durham, England. Rookhope Smelting Mill is situated nearby to the hamlet Lintzgarth, as well as near the peak Rimey Law.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rookhope War Memorial and Church of St John the Evangelist.
Rookhope War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rookhope War Memorial is situated 1 mile east of Rookhope Smelting Mill.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1¼ miles east of Rookhope Smelting Mill.
The Rookhope Inn
Pub
Photo: Rodge500, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Rookhope Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile east of Rookhope Smelting Mill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lintzgarth and Rookhope.
Lintzgarth
Hamlet
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.
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.
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 3 miles southeast of Rookhope Smelting Mill.
Rookhope Smelting Mill
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stanhope, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.78142° or 54° 46′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.11872° or 2° 7′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6VQVJJ+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 9847008058OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lintzgarth Plantation and Old Rookhope ore hearth lead smeltmill, 630m north west of Lintzgarth Plantation.
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