Stanhope, County Durham

Stanhope
Stanhope Castle
Stanhope Stanhope shown within County Durham
Population	1,633 (2001 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	NY995395
Shire county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bishop Auckland
Postcode district	DL13
Dialling code	01388
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	North West Durham
List of places: UK • England • County Durham

Stanhope (pronounced in the regional dialect "Stanup" or "Stan'ope") is a small market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley on the north side of Weardale. The A689 trans-Pennine road meets the B6278 road from Barnard Castle to Shotley Bridge here.

1 Description
2 Businesses in Stanhope
3 Notable residents
4 Stanhope gallery
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

Description

The civil parish of Stanhope has a population of 4,519 in 2001, and also includes Rookhope, Westgate, St John's Chapel, Ireshopeburn, Wearhead, Cowshill, Cornriggs, Eastgate, Frosterley all on the A689 road, along with Crawleyside, Hill End and White Kirkley. The parish was formerly much larger, with an area of 221 km²^[2]. It shares some land in common with the neighbouring Wolsingham civil parish.

Stanhope is surrounded by moorland in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) - the second largest of the 40 AONBs in England and Wales.

Stanhope is also the current terminus of the Weardale Railway. Trains run regularly to Frosterley and Wolsingham and since May 2010 to Bishop Auckland.

Features of interest include

a petrified tree stump in the churchyard which was discovered with two others. One of the others resides in the Hancock Museum in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
the Durham Dales Centre which incorporates a tea room, tourist information and craft shops
a ford with stepping stones for pedestrians
the eighteenth century Stanhope Castle in the centre of the town stands on the possible site of a medieval castle.
one of only two heated open air swimming pools in the North East.

Stanhope Agricultural Show is held on the second weekend of September each year. It was founded in 1834 and has been held annually since, with the exception of the war years, the foot and mouth crisis and times of bad weather.^[3]

Businesses in Stanhope

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Shop/Business/Company Name	Sells/Specialises in	Opening date	Formerly called
Joan Woodhalls	Fruit & Vegetables, Flowers, Drinks, and other every day items.	1965??	n/a
The Weardale Bakery & Tearooms	Bakery has items like Breads, Pies, Sandwiches, Cakes, Hot Beef Sandwiches, Drinks, Jams. Cafe has Meals as well as Drinks etc	??	The Bakers Loaf, The Old Weardale Tearooms. (Same Business)
Truly Scrumptious	Old Fashioned Sweets and goods	2010?	n/a
paper shop

Notable residents

Joseph Butler (1692-1752) in 1726, the year in which he published his important Fifteen Sermons, Butler was appointed to the rich rectory at Stanhope. Little is known of Butler's life at Stanhope, beyond his great charity and his habit of riding a black pony very fast. Nevertheless, his three years there were to produce, in 1736, his Analogy of Religion, the greatest theological work of his time. Butler became Bishop of Durham in 1750.
William Percival Crozier - (1879-1944) Scholar and journalist. Editor of the Manchester Guardian 1932-1944.
George Boateng lived in Stanhope in the golden days of his Middlesbrough playing career.

Stanhope gallery

References

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stanhope,_County_Durham Stanhope, County Durham] at Wikimedia Commons

Civil parishes in County Durham

including Stockton on Tees (north of the river)

Darlington	Parishes: Archdeacon Newton • Barmpton • Bishopton • Brafferton • Coatham Mundeville • Denton • East and West Newbiggin • Great Burdon • Great Stainton • Heighington • High Coniscliffe • Houghton le Side • Hurworth • Killerby • Little Stainton • Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent • Low Dinsdale • Middleton St George • Morton Palms • Neasham • Piercebridge • Sadberge • Sockburn • Summerhouse • Walworth • Whessoe Unparished areas: The former Darlington County Borough

Durham	Towns: Barnard Castle • Bishop Auckland • Chilton • Ferryhill • Great Aycliffe • Greater Willington • Peterlee • Seaham • Sedgefield • Shildon • Spennymoor • Stanley • Tow Law Parishes: Barforth • Barningham • Bearpark • Belmont • Bishop Middleham • Bolam • Boldron • Bournmoor • Bowes • Bradbury and the Isle • Brancepeth • Brandon and Byshottles • Brignall • Burnhope • Cassop cum Quarrington • Castle Eden • Cleatlam • Cockfield • Cornforth • Cornsay • Cotherstone • Coxhoe • Croxdale and Hett • Dalton le Dale • Dene Valley • Easington Colliery • Easington Village • Edmondbyers • Edmondsley • Eggleston • Egglestone Abbey • Eldon • Esh • Etherley • Evenwood and Barony • Fishburn • Forest and Frith • Framwellgate Moor • Gainford • Gilmonby • Great Lumley • Greencroft • Hamsterley • Hamsterley Common • Haswell • Hawthorn • Headlam • Healeyfield • Hedleyhope • Hilton • Holwick • Hope • Horden • Hunderthwaite • Hunstanworth • Hutton Henry • Hutton Magna • Ingleton • Kelloe • Kimblesworth and Plawsworth • Lanchester • Langleydale and Shotton • Langton • Lartington • Little Lumley • Lunedale • Lynesack and Softley • Marwood • Mickleton • Middleton in Teesdale • Middridge • Monk Hesleden • Mordon • Morton Tinmouth • Muggleswick • Murton • Nesbitt • Newbiggin • North Lodge • Ouston • Ovington • Pelton • Pittington • Raby with Keverstone • Rokeby • Romaldkirk • Sacriston • Satley • Scargill • Seaton with Slingley • Shadforth • Sheraton with Hulam • Sherburn Village • Shincliffe • Shotton • South Bedburn • South Hetton • Staindrop • Stanhope • Startforth • Streatlam and Stainton • Thornley • Trimdon • Trimdon Foundry • Urpeth • Waldridge • Wackerfield • Weather Hill Wood • West Auckland • West Rainton • Westwick • Wheatley Hill • Whorlton • Windlestone • Wingate • Winston • Witton Gilbert • Witton le Wear • Wolsingham • Wolsingham Park Moor • Woodland • Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas: The former Chester le Street Urban District • Consett • Durham Municipal Borough • Parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District • Crook and Willington Urban District • Stanley Urban District

Hartlepool	Towns: Headland Parishes: Brierton • Claxton • Dalton Piercy • Elwick • Greatham • Hart • Newton Bewley Unparished areas: Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough

Stockton on Tees	Towns: Billingham Parishes: Aislaby • Carlton • Egglescliffe • Elton • Grindon • Longnewton • Newsham • Preston on Tees • Redmarshall • Stillington and Whitton • Wolviston Unparished areas: Part of the former Teesside County Borough

For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham. For the part of Stockton-on-Tees (borough) south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.