Old stone house on Rockwood Hill
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Old stone house on Rockwood Hill
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 4 Jul 2022
This is on the west side of Greenside village. I think this could have been a farmhouse. It is shown on old O S maps dating back to the mid 19th century, from a time before the village was greatly expanded in the early 20th century. This was to house the miners working in the new large collieries.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.952022
Longitude
-1.792933