Lanchester, County Durham
Village and civil parish in County Durham, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, 8 miles (13 km) west of Durham and 5 miles (8 km) from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054.[1]
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Lanchester | |
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Village | |
All Saints’ Church, Lanchester | |
Location within County Durham | |
Population | 4,054 (2011) |
OS grid reference | NZ165475 |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DURHAM |
Postcode district | DH7 |
Dialling code | 01207 |
Police | Durham |
Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
Ambulance | North East |
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Although there was a small drift mine on the edge of the village which closed in the 1970s, Lanchester's economy was mainly based on agriculture. It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s.