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Tanfield
Tanfield in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Tanfield 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
Tanfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is near Stanley, and the location of Tanfield Railway, the Causey Arch and Tanfield School. The village was formerly a mining village.
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Background
History
The village was first recorded in 1179 as Tamefeld, believed to be Old English for "field by the River Team", but it is mentioned in an account by John of Hexham of the Scottish invasion of 1138. The village church is from the 10th century.
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- Coordinates
- 54.8970, -1.7030
- Official site
- www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7682579 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tanfield, County Durham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tanfield?
- Tanfield is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8970°, -1.7030°.