Houses on Front Street, High Spen
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Houses on Front Street, High Spen
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 12 Apr 2012
High Spen was categorised as a "category D village" by Durham County Council. With the decline of coal-mining locally, 114 villages were classified in this way in 1951, and another seven in 1964. They were left to wither and die, without economic assistance or development. The policy ended in 1977, and many of the pre-war houses have since had significant investment.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.935469
Longitude
-1.782873