Tanfield

Tanfield is a village in County Durham, England. It is generally counted as part of the town of Stanley and is the location of Tanfield Railway. Tanfield is in fact two separate villages: Tanfield Lea located at the bottom of a valley is the modern part of the village with no buildings older than one hundred years old. Tanfield Village is a much older place, located on the opposite hill of the valley to Stanley.

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County Durham: County Durham is a county in north-east England. Its county town is Durham. It is a county of contrasts: the remote and sparsely populated dales and moors of the Pennines characterise the interior; while nearer the coast the county is highly urbanised, and was once dominated by the coal mining indus...

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....

Stanley: Stanley is an old masculine name from the 11th and 12th century English contraction of 'Stoney Meadow'....