Quebec, County Durham

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Quebec is a small village in County Durham, in the north east of England. Once a mining village, it is situated 10 km (6 miles) west of the city of Durham, and close to the villages of Esh, Cornsay Colliery, Esh Winning, and Langley Park.

The Roman road known as Dere Street passes through the village on its way from Yorkshire to Hadrian's Wall via the Roman fort at Lanchester. A short distance north of the village passes the River Browney, a tributary of the Wear. Quebec has a public house (the Hamsteels Inn) and a church.

1 Geography and administration
- 1.1 Civic history
- 1.2 Location
2 Etymology
3 References
4 External link

[edit] Geography and administration

[edit] Civic history

Quebec is for all purposes (historic, ceremonial and administrative) located in County Durham.

Quebec is located in the Derwentside district of County Durham. It is in the Esh ward, which as of 2005 is represented on the District Council by Gordon Coulson, Henry Guildford (both Labour), and Wallace Tyrie (Independent), and on the County Council by Joseph Armstrong (Labour) It is part of the North West Durham parliamentary constituency, which as of 2005 is represented in parliament by Hilary Armstrong (Labour). It is in the North East England region, which serves as a constituency for the European Parliament.

The local police force is Durham Constabulary. Quebec is in the Derwentside division.

[edit] Location

Grid reference: NZ181436
Latitude and longitude: 54°47′N 1°43′W (54.78, −1.72)
Elevation: 200 m (650 feet)
Road access: Minor roads off B6301 and B6302
Rail access: Durham, 10 km (6 miles) by road
Nearest large village: Esh Winning, 3 km (2 miles)
Nearest city: Durham, 10 km (6 miles)

[edit] Etymology

The village takes its unusual name from the more famous Canadian province of Quebec. The fields in the area were enclosed in 1759, the year Quebec was captured from France. It was common at the time for fields distant from their home farm to be given the names of foreign lands, and cases where these names have come to be applied to whole villages are numerous throughout the North East.¹ England has another Quebec, in Sussex.