Ireshopeburn ( ''EYE-sup-burn'' ) is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the south side of

Weardale Weardale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – the second-largest AONB in England and Wales ...

, between St John's Chapel and

Wearhead 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 to Sunderland. In the 2001 cens ...

, and on the other side of the

Wear Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces. Causes of wear can be mechanical (e.g., erosion) or chemical (e.g., corrosion). The study of wear and related processes is referred to as tribology. Wear in ...

from

West Blackdene West Blackdene is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of the River Wear, opposite Ireshopeburn Ireshopeburn ( ''EYE-sup-burn'' ) is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the south side of We ...

and

New Ho New House or Newhouse is a hamlet in County Durham, England. It lies on the north side of the River Wear, opposite Ireshopeburn, and is linked to the A689 Weardale valley road by Coronation Bridge (built in 1840). The building known as New Hous ...

use. In the 2001 census Ireshopeburn had a population of 112.

Burnhope Reservoir Burnhope Reservoir ( ) is a reservoir above the village of Wearhead, County Durham, England. The reservoir was created by the construction of an earth embankment dam across the valley of Burnhope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, above Wear ...

lies above the village. Ireshopeburn is the site of the High House Chapel, the oldest purpose-built Methodist Chapel in the world to have held continuous weekly services since its foundation in 1760. John Wesley himself preached at High House on many occasions. Ireshopeburn is the site of the Weardale Museum.

Conservation Area

Three adjacent but historically distinct settlements of Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and the hamlet of West Blackdene were previously covered by two separate conservation area designations but given their shared landscape context and historical links they are being brought together in a unified conservation area in 2011.

References

External links

Weardale Museum website
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