Other places · North East England
Causey
Also known as: Causey, Swydd Durham
In or near Crookgate Bank.
Causey in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Causey Arch · 0.4 km
About
Causey is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Causey is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Stanley.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Around the Causey are a lot of ravines, valleys and denes, these are a relic of the ice age. The arch was built to cross one of these ravines. They had built a bridge of wood in 1725 which collapsed. A new bridge was built in 1726 which took more than a year to erect and cost over £6,000. The people who built it were known as the ‘Grand Alliance.’ They were Bowes ‘Ancestor to the Queen,’ Liddell and Wortleys. It was built to carry coal down to the Tyne at Dunston. It must be remembered that the locomotive had not been invented and no locomotive ever ran over it. The rails were made of wood, and the coal trucks were pulled by horses. The bridge had a span of over lOOft and is 8Oft above the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9000, -1.6820
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Stanley
- Postcode
- NE16 5EJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Durham
- Nearest railway station
- Causey Arch — 0.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q5054661 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Causey, County Durham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Causey?
- Causey is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE16 5EJ), in the parish of Stanley.
- What is Causey?
- Causey in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Causey?
- The nearest railway station is Causey Arch, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE16 5EJ.
- How do I get to Causey?
- The nearest railway station is Causey Arch, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE16 5EJ.