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Abergele Place, STANLEY, DH9 8QE

The houses are on the east side of the B6168 in Annfield Plain; the grass is on the west side.

Looking north-westward.

Looking from the railway walk over this council housing estate at Annfield Plain. The view takes in Pontop Pike in the distance.

Terraced houses facing on to New Front Street (B6168).

This business occupies part of the former farm here at Annfield Plain. Note the old milk churns round the back at the left, for decorative effect I assume.

This old farmhouse has a long history. According to local historian Fred Wade, there was a farm here from at least 1755, when it was first mentioned. I would imagine that this house isn't quite that old, early C19 perhaps. It is now residential only, no longer a working farm.

In the centre of Annfield Plain, at the north end of the main street. These houses were built a few years ago on the site of a famous old pub which unfortunately burned down. It was called the Stanhope and Tyne Railway Inn and was built in the 1830's when the railway opened. There was very little else in Annfield Plain at the time. The village name came from the inclined plane up the Loud Bank where a steam engine hauled the trucks up the slope on a wire rope.

A view looking north along the village main street from the corner of West Road. The big building in the centre is The Queens Head Hotel. The building on the right was once a bank, one of two bank branches in the village. Both now closed, unfortunately.

This is located on the corner of Front Street and West Road, which leads off on the left of the picture. The building dates from 1899, as can be seen on the inscription over the door, when it was rebuilt. The original Railway Hotel had stood here since the 1850's. It was known as the Railway up to the 1980's, and then had various names until it closed as a pub a few years ago.