Category:Toft Hill, County Durham
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English: Toft Hill is a hilltop village in County Durham, in England straggling along the A68, a few miles to the west of Bishop Auckland and adjoining the village of High Etherley. An ancient site of defensive settlement and used by the Romans, the name of Toft Hill is possibly of Norse or Angle derivation and actually means "Hill Hill". The village is underlaid by coal measures and saw expansion in the 19th century mining boom under the coal-owning Stobart family. The various drifts of their Carterthorne Colliery formed large extended galleries beneath the village. In recent years much of the village's archaeology has been swept away by open cast mining.
Media in category "Toft Hill, County Durham"
The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.
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... collection times for an out of use box. (3065495233).jpg 1,280 × 960; 147 KB
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... former P.O. at Toft Hill, Durham. (3065495433).jpg 960 × 1,280; 308 KB
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... out of use GR wallbox DL14 91 (3065495105).jpg 960 × 1,280; 294 KB
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A68 approaching Toft Hill - geograph.org.uk - 2967070.jpg 1,221 × 871; 469 KB
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B6282 entering Toft Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3540374.jpg 1,500 × 1,000; 1.05 MB
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Field on north side of A68 at Toft Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3836596.jpg 1,500 × 1,125; 1.17 MB
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Postbox, Toft Hill - geograph.org.uk - 2173849.jpg 480 × 640; 69 KB
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Ramshaw Heugh Farm - geograph.org.uk - 1746039.jpg 640 × 480; 58 KB
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The A68 at the west end of Toft Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3335480.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 2.49 MB
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Wear View Diner , Toft Hill - geograph.org.uk - 272886.jpg 640 × 479; 62 KB