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unusual facts about Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland



Alf Bond

He officiated at the 1954 FA Amateur Cup Final at Wembley between Bishop Auckland and Crook Town and has also refereed four international matches.

Auckland Park Hospital

Auckland Park Hospital in Bishop Auckland provides psychiatric care to the elderly.

Bishop Auckland F.C.

Football in Bishop Auckland can be traced back to 1882 when theological students from Cambridge and Oxford Universities studying at Auckland Castle, home to the Bishop of Durham in Bishop Auckland, formed a team known as Bishop Auckland Church Institute.

Charlie Wayman

Wayman, who was born in Chilton, Bishop Auckland, was a prolific centre-forward in the first decade after the Second World War.

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Darlington Memorial Hospital provides acute hospital services for people living in southwest Durham which includes the towns of Darlington, Newton Aycliffe, Bishop Auckland, Shildon and Barnard Castle.

Francisco de Zurbarán

Thirteen of his paintings, depicting the patriarch Jacob and 12 of his sons, are held at Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland.

Gagny

In 1974, Gagny became twinned with the English towns of Sutton and Bishop Auckland

Hamsterley

Ralph Hamsterley (died 1518), Master of University College, Oxford

Hamsterley Hall

Their first son John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort VC was succeeded in 1946 by his brother Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount MC who lived at Hamsterley until his death in 1975.

Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland

Near to the village is Dryderdale Hall, a magnificent grade II listed mansion built in 1872 by the architect Alfred Waterhouse for the Backhouse family.

The village lies on a rise above the upper reaches of the Wear valley.

Leamside Line

The line was part of the east coast main line until 1872 when the route was bypassed by the NER's Bishop Auckland to Gateshead line and Croxdale link, which became part of the ECML.

Ralph Corbie

He was seized by the Parliamentarians at Hamsterley, 8 July 1644, when clothed in his Mass vestments, conveyed to London, and committed to Newgate Prison (22 July) with John Duckett, a secular priest.

Robert Kaye Greville

Greville was born at Bishop Auckland, Durham, but was brought up in Derbyshire as his father, Robert Greville, became the rector of the small village of Edlaston and its nearby hamlet of Wyaston.

Thermax

Based in Bishop Auckland, it became known as Thermax Interglass and is now Saint Gobain Solaglas Ltd in Eggborough.

W2W

The northerly spur passes through Hamsterley, taking two miles (3 km) more to reach the beautiful cathedral city of Durham than the easier southern spur which passes through Bishop Auckland.


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