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Langley Moor is an old
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in
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,
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. It is located approximately 2 miles south-west of Durham City. Langley Moor is within the civil parish of
Brandon and Byshottles Brandon and Byshottles is a civil parish and electoral ward in County Durham, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 17,774 increasing to 18,509 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes Brandon, New Brancepeth, Broompark, ...
which is itself within the City of Durham constituency, as of 2019 represented by Mary Foy MP.


History

The village consists of a large park, three pubs, three schools, a church and an industrial estate. Holliday Park (previously Bents Park, known locally as Boyne Park after Lord Boyne) is located to the north of the village, and was renovated in 2016 with a new children's play area. The park also provides access to the
River Browney The River Browney is a river in County Durham, England, and the largest tributary of the River Wear. The River Browney rises from a spring in Head Plantation, on the eastern slope of Skaylock Hill, about a mile south east of Waskerley. The spr ...
which runs through it. The park was donated to the public by local
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and
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Martin Forster Holliday (1848-1935), who was the manager and agent for three North Brancepeth Coal Company collieries ( Broompark, Boyne and Littleburn - the latter two being in the village) from 1884 until 1922. The three
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in the village are The Station, The New Cross (formerly The Langley Moor Hotel, as of 2022 currently closed) and The Lord Boyne Hotel. Historically, the village had two inns, the Littleburn Hotel, two more pubs, two cinemas, a
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(now residential flats), a post office, a bank and
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barracks. The
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, one of Britain's arterial rail links, runs directly through the village over the high street. Langley Moor is also home to two supermarkets, a
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.


Geography

The village is located on the A690 approximately 2 miles south-west of Durham and approximately 15 miles south of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o ...
. The Brandon - Bishop Auckland Railway Path is a
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stretching nine-miles of scenic woodland which follows the route of the former Durham to Bishop Auckland Line and runs through Langley Moor.


Education

There are three schools in Langley Moor, two primary schools and one nursery school: * Langley Moor Nursery School * Langley Moor Primary School (formerly North Brancepeth Council Mixed, Langley Moor Junior Mixed and Infants' School) * St. Patrick's R.C. Primary School


Religion

The church, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, is located on the border with
Meadowfield Meadowfield is a small village in County Durham, England, situated approximately two miles south-west of Durham on the A690. It is situated within the civil parish of Brandon and Byshottles. The village consists mainly of one road of terraced ho ...
, which opened on 8 October 1911. The estimated cost of the church was £3,000 (which equals £376,523.30 as of May 2022). Historically, Langley Moor had a
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church, a
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church, a
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church and a
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church.


Industry

Littleburn Industrial Estate is home to
Harrison & Harrison Harrison & Harrison Ltd is a British company based in Durham that makes and restores pipe organs. It was established in Rochdale in 1861. It is well known for its work on instruments such as King's College, Cambridge, Westminster Abbey, and t ...
organ builders, who have been involved with organs in cathedrals and churches across the globe.


Coal mining


Boyne Colliery

Boyne Colliery opened in approximately 1864 under the ownership of W. Mickle and James Snowball, coal was struck the following year. It was sold to the North Brancepeth Coal Company in the 1880s, under the management of John L. Morland from 1880 until 1884. That same year Martin F. Holliday became agent and manager of the colliery until it closed at some point after 1890.


Littleburn Colliery (also known as North Brancepeth Colliery)

Littleburn Colliery opened in approximately 1840, it had a handful of owners including North Brancepeth Coal Company, who bought the colliery in the 1880s. In 1925, at its peak, the pit employed 779 people. The colliery mined coal throughout its operational life. Martin F. Holliday became agent of the colliery in 1909 until his retirement in 1922. Littleburn Colliery closed in December 1950.


References


External links


Durham County Council (Brandon - Bishop Auckland Railway Path)
* {{Commons category-inline, Langley Moor Villages in County Durham