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River Deerness
River Deerness in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
River Deerness 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
The River Deerness in County Durham, England is a tributary to the River Browney, which is itself a tributary the River Wear. It rises near Tow Law and descends through the Deerness Valley for a distance of 11.6 miles (18.7 km), passing the villages of Waterhouses, Ushaw Moor and Esh Winning. Its confluence with the River Browney is near Langley Moor. Its tributaries include Stanley Beck, Crow Gill, Cuddy Burn, Hedleyhope Burn, Rowley Burn, Holburn Beck and Red Burn. and its overall catchment area is 53 square kilometres (20 sq mi). Its name is pre-Celtic and means 'rushing or roaring river'. It may be the oldest place-name in County Durham. A recent restoration project has improved the water quality and reduced barriers to fish migration along the Deerness.
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Background
History
Prior to the nineteenth century, the Deerness Valley was sparsely populated, with those who lived in the farms and small villages engaged in agriculture. There had been some small scale extraction of coal from the deposits in the valley, but in 1836 the first commercial coal mine opened at Hedleyhope, and by the end of the century, there were at least 20 mines in operation, served by the railway. Records for 1896 show that there were a total of 6,974 men and boys employed as miners in the valley, with 5,186 working underground and 1,788 working on the surface. In addition to seven types of coal, clay and fireclay were extracted, while at Ushaw Moor and New Brancepeth, deposits of witherite…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7667, -1.6000
Sources
- wikidata: Q24649274 (CC0)
- wikipedia: River Deerness (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is River Deerness?
- River Deerness is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7667°, -1.6000°.