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Burnhope maps
Historic maps of Burnhope and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Burnhope maps
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Lanchester| Langley Park| Annfield Plain| Catchgate| Witton Gilbert| Ushaw Moor| Leadgate| Chester Le Street| Burnopfield| Consett| Langley Moor| Durham| Lumley Park| Birtley
Burnhope area books
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Memories of Burnhope
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A Little Girls War
My memories are very clear of being ten years old and attending Burnhope Primary School. While I didn't realise it at the time, every teacher was brilliant. Miss Mary Dowson taught me in my last year at that school and eighteen of the kids, that year, passed the 11 Plus and off we went to change the world. Park Methodist Chapel was where we were taught religion and most families spent a good part of the week there as Brownies, Guides Mothers Union etc.Maybe because the bus service was unreliable and petrol was ratiioned it was agood idea not to leave the village in the evening - you might not get back. I left home when I was 18 to do nurse training and eventually returned to marry in the chapel and again to have my daughter baptised.
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Burnhope is a nice place to live because it is and quiet. Among us are some of the richest and poorest people (including childrens auther Terry Deery).
County Durham memories
The Rosekilly's Malton Colliery
My mother was Ellen Rosekilly, she was born at Malton Colliery in May 1906, she was one of a large family. Her brothers worked down the pit. One by one they left and moved on. My Aunt Louisa continued to live there right up until the pit was closed and she was rehoused in Lanchester.I as child during the Second World War was evacuated from London to my aunts in Malton to escape the bombings. I went to the little school at the colliery with its two classrooms and small playground and spent many months there. I was able to look at the cornfield behind the school and be in a peaceful place. I can remember the big coke ovens, how we as children used to sit and watch the men empty the big coke ovens and hose the red hot coke to cool it. We used after school wander around and when the blackberries were ripe we would go up the Whinney as it was known and pick... Read more
Grand Parents
I never knew my dad's parents, as they had both died by the time i was a baby. I enjoyed my time there as i often had friends calling in. I also had friends in the neighbouring streets [Wardle st, Muriel St & Oswald Terrace.] I quite often spent time with my grandparents, especially granddad Ernie, as i lived within 30 yards of them for 20 years. I lived in the bottom bungalow on the front with my elder brother Frank & our mam & dad [Margaret & Frank] until i was 11. After that, we did a part exchange with Mr & Mrs Revee Lumley, so they moved into the bungalow & we moved into the Stag Inn. We moved away from the village in November 1981.
Lee Hill Cottage Homes, Lanchester
I was sent to Lee Hill Cottage Homes from Gateshead, along with my older sister Sadie and younger brother Stanley, when our mother was taken ill and was unable to care for us. Our baby brother was taken elsewhere and we didn't see him again for 4 years. I loved living in Lanchester, and attended the Lanchester parochial endowed school (the building is now a community centre). There were 6 cottages, I think, and each had a house parent and a few maids to help out. There was a POW camp in the village and we used to go and visit the prisoners, just young lads themselves, and go to the local shop to buy their baccy. We had fun at the homes and the villagers were happy to have us around as far as I can recall. I no longer live in the area, but go back often to see my old haunts. The cottage homes are now converted into private apartments, and the old workhouse has gone, but... Read more
War Memorial
My family originates from Witton Gilbert and Langley Park. we left Witton about 1935 to live in Surrey. Langley Park war memorial has the name of my uncle John Robert Swinbank who died on the Somme in the first world war and my cousin William Heppell who was lost on H.M.S Barham in the second world war.
The Swinbank family lived at Hill Top, Esh. My maternal grandparents were Elizabeth and Thomas Greenwell of 12{?} Park View. , Witton Gilbert.
I have many happy memories of holidays spent visiting the l family.arge Swinbank
