Everything about Wearhead totally explained
Wearhead is a village in
County Durham, in
England. It is situated at the top of
Weardale between
Cowshill and
Ireshopeburn.
It is named after the nearby source of the
River Wear which runs eastwards for approx 40 miles to
Sunderland.
Railways
Wearhead was the terminus of the
Weardale Valley Extension Railway which opened in 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 1961.
Decline
In 2005 Wearhead lost its last shop with the closure of the Co-op and shortly afterwards, the Methodist Church held its last service after being in existence for over 179 years.
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