2012
NZ1948 : St John's Church, Burnhope
taken 12 years ago, near to Burnhope, County Durham, England
St John's Church, Burnhope
At the extreme east end of the village. Burnhope was categorised as a "category D village" by Durham County Council. With the decline of coal-mining locally, 114 villages were classified in this way in 1951, and another seven in 1964. They were left to wither and die, without economic assistance or development. The policy ended in 1977, but many still have an old fashioned air, contrasting with newer areas of commuter housing.
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