St. John's Chapel, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKi

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St. John's Chapel	Village
Stanhope	Civil Parish
County Durham	County
England	Constituent Country
UK	Country

St. John's Chapel, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK

St. John's Chapel is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated in Weardale, on the south side of the River Wear on the A689 road between Daddry Shield and Ireshopeburn.

Originally St John's chapel was a medieval hunting stop, it then grew as a centre of lead mining after 1600.

The parish Church is dedicated to St John the Baptist (from where the place name originates). The present building was built in 1752 on a medieval chapel of ease. The medieval chapel was extant in 1465 when bishop Lawrence Booth granted a chantry to be set up. Sir Walter Blackett provided funds for the rebuilding. The chancel was extended by Ewan Christian 1881-1883.

St John's Chapel was the penultimate stop of the Weardale Extension Railway which opened on 21 October 1895, being mainly a freight line carrying limestone, iron ore, lead ore and fluorspar to the industrial areas of North East England. It closed to passenger traffic in 1953 and later to freight in 1963. The station was entirely demolished.

Being situated in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, St John's Chapel is increasingly popular with cyclists, walkers, and bird watchers. In 2013 a Visitor Information Point was opened in the Market Place. The village has 2 pubs, the Blue Bell (which gave its name to the Blue Bell Pocket in the nearby Rogerley Mine) and the Golden Lion, and one café called Chatterbox.

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_Chapel,_County_Durham
Wikidata ID:	Q7593537

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