Tanfield – Top o’ Black
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In Durham the locals talk Geordie and footpaths are called “The black” – referring to the tarmacadam. Although the path to this view view is gravel in places and although there is no tarmacadam in sight it’s still called “gannin to’top o’black” - where you see Tanfield church tower with Stanley on the skyline. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Village
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I took this picture of Tanfield village green one spring many years ago. This is a scan of the photograph I took with a pre-digital camera and it shows St Margaret's Church, the green and trees in blossom. The whetstone was only an item of interest and never used for anything. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway, County Durham
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The Tanfield Railway is a 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden waggonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved industrial steam locomotives. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway, County Durham
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)
The Tanfield Railway is a 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden waggonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved industrial steam locomotives. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway, County Durham
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)
The Tanfield Railway is a 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden waggonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved industrial steam locomotives. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway
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Sir Cecil A. Cochrane gets up steam to leave the platform at Andrews House between Tanfield and Sunniside. The Tanfield Railway claims to be The World's Oldest Railway. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield fledgling
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I think this was a baby robin that was chirping happily away pleased to be free in May 2017.
He was visiting our trees which were just about green and blassoming in our little garden in Tanfield Village, County Durham.
He must have been a happy Geordie lad. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield snow
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You may be able to make out the Hobson Golfclub House on the skyline in this view of snow in Tanfield. Just follow the line of the fence post up to the skyline. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway
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Tanfield Railway is run on part of a former colliery wooden waggonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved industrial steam locomotives.
It is runs from Tanfield to Sunniside by enthusiasts. The trains pass the Causey Arch which took the wooden waggons. Image cannot be loaded
Two of Tanfield Railway rolling stock
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Two of Tanfield's engines that now regularly take passenger trips between Tanfield, Causey Arch and Sunniside instead of full trucks from the collieries to the coal staithes on the River Tyne. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Pillarbox
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April 2009 and Tanfield had quite a heavy dolop of snow during one night. It looked pretty and was still falling as this shot of the pillar box was taken at nearly 9:15 in the morning. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Causey Arch
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At Causey Arch, which is a stop on the Tanfield Railway, passengers can alight and visit Causey Arch, the World's first railway bridge. Causey is Geordie for causeway. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield's pond
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This is Tanfield's pond, but surprisingly it is at the top of the hill behind Tanfield Village. It was made by a bomb which fell in WWII and now it serves to collect field drainage and look pretty. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway
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This line is going round the bend, literally. The Tanfield Railway can be caught from Tanfield to Sunniside calling at Andrews Houses and Causey Arch. It is the oldest railway line in the world. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield
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A view over the roofs of Sleepy Valley to the rising morning mist and the skyline of Stanley. The windmill on the centre horizon is over the hill and on the outskirts of Stanley. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway, County Durham
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)
The Tanfield Railway is a 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden waggonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved industrial steam locomotives. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield road sign
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This is a road sign that was erected when roadworks were being done after a blind bend in Tanfield. I don't think it could be found in the Highway Code and it was only a temporary sign! Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway, County Durham
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)
The Tanfield Railway is a 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden waggonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved industrial steam locomotives. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Railway, County Durham
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)
The Tanfield Railway is a 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden waggonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved industrial steam locomotives. Image cannot be loaded
Tanfield Church
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The parish church of Tanfield is St.Margaret of Antioch. Little is known for certain about the 'early' days of St Margaret's, but it is generally believed that St Cuthbert's monks chose Tanfield to hide the saints remains from the invading Danish hordes, around 900AD, long before his remains were buried at Durham. After leaving Tanfield, his monks then moved onto Chester-Le-Street, where they established a new monastery, and a chapel-at-ease in the village of Tanfield. Since then, there have been 3 different churches built on the current site, little is known about the first. Image cannot be loaded
