Blacksmiths Cottage: Great Burdon Village
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Blacksmiths Cottage: Great Burdon Village
Image: © Hugh Mortimer Taken: 12 Apr 2006
Great Burdon Village dates from the post-medieval period. In 1541 Henry VIII left the village to the Prior and Convent of Durham. The village originally had three farms, a mill, a blacksmith shop, a pub and several cottages.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.542858
Longitude
-1.509979