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Looking south-west.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking south to Esperley Lane Ends
©Hugh Mortimer
Dist:0.3km<br/>Old shed, presumably once a pigeon cree, near Cockfield.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.4km<br/>Lands Bridge crosses the River Gaunless, with Cockfield to the right
©Hugh Mortimer
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©Andy Jamieson
Dist:0.5km<br/>Cockfield Fell was not included in the 18c Enclosure Acts and today the fell remains in the tenure of the people of Cockfield. Among the rights the commoners of Cockfield enjoy is the right to be able to graze sheep and cattle and to erect pigeon crees.
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.5km<br/>The open land east of Cockfield has an interesting collection of sheds and pigeon crees, (a north-eastern term for a small shed-like building used to home, homing pigeons). Most of the buildings appear to be disused and derelict but they make interesting subjects for photography.
©Trevor Littlewood
Dist:0.5km<br/>Cockfield Fell was not included in the 18c Enclosure Acts and today the fell remains in the tenure of the people of Cockfield. Among the rights the commoners of Cockfield enjoy is the right to be able to graze sheep and cattle and to erect pigeon crees.
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.5km<br/>Dolerite is one of the many stone and minerals that have been extracted from Cockfield Fell over the centuries. It is a green form of whinstone, a volcanic rock forced up through a fault in the earth's crust and is extremely hard and used for road surfacing. The fault is known to be 72 miles long and has been extracted wherever it nears the surface. See [[24127]].
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking downstream just above a ruined weir. This is the remains of Lands Mill, which was shown as a Corn Mill c.1874. It was connected to the Haggerleases (Butterknowles) Branch Line between 1910 & 1921, but was shown to be disused by 1939. It had been demolished by 1954. The Branch Line shut in 1963, and all the track had gone by 1965. Most of this info was gleemed from various internet sites & a few pictures of the railway yards. Behind the Mill stood Lands Mill Cottages from 1885-1945, but they had also been completely removed from the 1974 OS.Map. (Thanks to Matthew Hatton for this info.)
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.6km<br/>Hamlet in the valley of the River Gaunless.
©Oliver Dixon
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©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.7km<br/>Coach waiting on the roadside outside the church at Cockfield.
©Helen Wilkinson
Dist:0.7km<br/>Originally a Medieval Church built in the late 12th century, and rebuilt in 1911
©Hugh Mortimer
Dist:0.7km<br/>Leading southwards from the eastern end of the village in County Durham.
©peter robinson

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