Mobscooter's Pictures of Tanfield

Tanfield Village

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.

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Tanfield, Village Scenes, County Durham

Tanfield

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.

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Tanfield, English Countryside, County Durham

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Tanfield – Top o’ Black

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.

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Tanfield, English Countryside, Churches, England in Winter, County Durham

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Tanfield Railway

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.

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Tanfield, Trains and Railways

Tanfield Weaver of webs

This spider and his web were easily seen against a wooden gate in Tanfield. His name is Incey Wincey and he is very eager to finish his work.

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Tanfield, Wildlife in England

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Tanfield Pillarbox

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.

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Tanfield, England in Winter, Post Boxes and Telephone Boxes

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Tanfield buildings

Nearly at the village of Tanfield now, but the snow is still falling and it's getting darker. Soon be warm inside.

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Tanfield, Sunsets over England, England in Winter, Village Scenes, County Durham

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Tree in snow in Tanfield

Looking at the tree with the sun behind me doesn't look as stark even with the snow falling.

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Tanfield, England in Winter, Trees and Woodlands

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Causey Arch - Tanfield

Another shot of Causey Arch in the snow of 2005.

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Tanfield, Buildings and Structures, England in Winter

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Tanfield - Causey Arch

Causey Arch and area in the snows of 2005.

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Tanfield, England in Winter, Buildings and Structures

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Tanfield Church

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.

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Tanfield, Churches

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Tanfield gate view

Looking through one of Tanfield's many farmer's gates you can see a framed view of Hobson Golf Course club house.

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Tanfield, English Countryside

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Tanfield plough

It's job done the abandoned plough is now redundant and left in the fields at Tanfield.

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Tanfield, Country Farms

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Tree in snow in Tanfield

Snow is actually falling in this stark shot of a lonely, cold tree in Tanfield.

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Tanfield, England in Winter, Trees and Woodlands

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View through a Tanfield hedge

Snow falling, walking uphill towards the sun and looking through a hedge in the evening. The sky has a tangerine look to Tanfield.

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Tanfield

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Tanfield - Sleepy Valley

On the approach to Tanfield from the Tantobie end, it is necessary to pass "Sleepy Valley". It is, in fact, a council estate but pleasantly laid out in the valley of Farleith Burn. The area is called Sleepy by the all the locals.

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Tanfield

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Tanfield road sign

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!

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Tanfield

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Tanfield rape

A field of rapeseed in Tanfield.

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Tanfield, English Countryside

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Tanfield cows

Here are seven hungry cows with lashings of food to get at. They don't even notice my camera!

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Tanfield, Country Farms

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A Tanfield cow

She has plenty to eat but seems more preoccupied with the click of my camera!

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Tanfield

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