Hamsterley Mill
Hamsterley Mill is a village in County Durham, around 3 miles from Burnopfield and approximately the same distance from Consett.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pontburn Viaduct and Hamsterley Hall.
Hamsterley Hall
Castle
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamsterley Hall is an 18th-century English country house at Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The estate at Hamsterley was given, in 1762, by Sir John Swinburne Bt to his younger brother Henry Swinburne.
Derwentcote Steel Furnace
Industrial building
Photo: Helen Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Derwentcote Steel Furnace, Rowlands Gill, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built in 1720, is an example of an early cementation furnace which produced high-grade steel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lintzford and Hamsterley.
Lintzford
Hamlet
Photo: Helen Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lintzford is a small village or hamlet on the border of County Durham and Tyne and Wear, England. Situated on the River Derwent in the countryside on the A694 road between Consett to the south west and Rowlands Gill to the north east, Lintzford is renowned…
Hamsterley
Village
Hamsterley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and borders the hamlet of Low Westwood. The name Hamsterley possibly derives from the Old English ‘hamstra’, meaning a corn weevil and ‘ley’ meaning clearing, hence a clearing frequented by corn weevils, perhaps indicating the poor quality of farming in the area. Hamsterley is situated 1½ miles west of Hamsterley Mill.
High Westwood
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Westwood is an English village in County Durham, a few miles to the north of Consett, near Ebchester and Hamsterley. It once had a colliery and coke works. High Westwood is situated 1½ miles west of Hamsterley Mill.
Hamsterley Mill
- Type: Village
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.90065° or 54° 54′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.78097° or 1° 46′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C6WW629+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 12465943461OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q5646432
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Hamsterley Mill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hamsterley Mill”
- French: “Hamsterley Mill”
- Irish: “Hamsterley Mill”
- Polish: “Hamsterley Mill”
- Welsh: “Hamsterley Mill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Victoria Garesfield and Blackhall Mill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pontburn Wood (Woodland Trust) and Ajax Wood.
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