IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Blanchland, CONSETT, DH8 9SP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to DH8 9SP by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (186 Images Found)
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The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
Following a grant of land in 1165, an abbey was founded here by Premonstratensian monks (who wore white habits); they were given more land in 1214, at which point the abbey was called Blanchland. After the Reformation, the property came into the hands of the Forster family. In 1699 a Dorothy Forster married Lord Crewe, the Bishop of Durham. She later inherited half of the Forster estates; Lord Crewe subsequently bought the rest, and on his death in 1721 left the estates to trustees who rebuilt the village and the abbey’s church. See also Image photographed by Trish Steel.
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 22 Aug 2011
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Blanchland
Viewed from the bridge over Beldon Burn
Image: © Graham Hogg
Taken: 17 May 2013
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The Church of St. Mary The Virgin - churchyard
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Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 22 Aug 2011
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The Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland
Nathaniel Crewe (1633 - 1721) was a former Bishop of Durham. Blanchland means the 'white lands' - almost certainly a reference to the white habits of the Premonstratensian canons of the old Blanchland Abbey. This building is Grade II* listed and was once the abbot's house.
Image: © Pauline E
Taken: 26 Jul 2014
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The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel, The Square, Blanchland
Grade II* Listed the hotel is probably the abbot's lodge, guest house and kitchen of the Abbey and also incorporates the west cloister range of the Abbey. 13th and 15th century it was remodelled around the time of the village rebuilding in 1752. After the Dissolution in 1539 the estates and buildings were bought firstly by the Radcliffe family and then, in 1623, the range became the house of the Forster family. Thomas Forster, awaiting trial at Newgate for his part in the 1715 rebellion, escaped with the aid of his sister Dorothy and is reputed to have hidden for a time in the priest's hole before going into exile in France. Forced to sell the estate it was bought by Dorothy's husband, Lord Nathaniel Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe and Bishop of Durham in 1708. On his death in 1721 the estate passed to the ‘Lord Crewe Trustees’. Possibly as a result of the ever booming local lead mining activities, what had been the Manor House became The Lord Crewe Arms.
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner
Taken: 24 Jul 2010
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Blanchland: Small forecourt of The Lord Crewe Arms
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 17 Aug 2023
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Road junction in Blanchland
An array of roads leading in all directions, some towards Consett and Bishop Auckland, others north towards Hadrian's Wall.
Image: © nick macneill
Taken: 19 Aug 2002
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