Extent: Park Township (Part of). All that part of the Park Quarter of the parish of Stanhope which lies on the South West side of the River Wear, including Stanhope Common, Westernhope Common, Ludwell, Horsley and Brother Lee.
Extent: Park Township (Part of). All that part of the Park Quarter of the parish of Stanhope which lies on the North East side of the River Wear, including North Gate, Rose Hill, Old Park, Brown Rigg Side, Crooksalter, Westgate and Middlehope Common.
Extent: Forest Township (Part of). All that part of the Forest Quarter of the parish of Stanhope which lies on the West side of Rookhope Burn, including Rookhope Common, Linsgarth Common and Hangingwells.
Extent: Forest Township (Part of). All that part of the Forest Quarter of the parish of Stanhope which lies on the South West side of the River Wear, bounding on the park Quarter on the East, and on Chapel Burn on the West, including Hill House, Windy Side, Dadry Shield, Wood Meadows, Chapel Common, St Johns Chapel and Burnfoot.
Extent: Forest Township (Part of). All that part of the Forest Quarter of the parish of Stanhope which lies on the South West side of the River Wear, bounding on Chapel on the East and on Ireshopeburn on the West, including Harthope Common, Ireshope Plain, Hawkwellhead and Earnwell.
Extent: Forest Township (Part of). All that part of the Forest Quarter of the parish of Stanhope which lies on the South West side of the River Wear, bounding on on Ireshope Burn on the East and on Burnhope Burn on the West, including Brier Hill, Ireston and Burnhope Common.
Extent: Forest Township (Part of). All that part of the Forest Quarter of the parish of Stanhope which lies between Burnhope Burn and Wellhope Burn down to their point of junction at Wearhead, including Stone Cross, Bents, North Grain and Wellhope Common.
Extent: Stanhope Parish (Part of). Stanhope Township (Part of). Rookhope Chapelry (Part of). All that part of the Township of Stanhope which lies on the North side of the Rivulet called Stotsfieldburn, including Boltsburn Village, Redbourn, Rispey, Bolts-law, Chapel Row, part of Stotsfieldburn Hamlet and that part of Stanhope Common in a line therewith.
Extent: Stanhope Parish (Part of). Stanhope Township (Part of). Rookhope Chapelry (Part of). All that part of the Township of Stanhope which lies between the Rivulet called Stotsfield Burn, and the road leading past High Farm to East Gate and Hagg Bridge, including part of Stotsfield Burn Hamlet, Brandon Walls, part of East Gate Village and that part of Stanhope Common in a line therewith.
Extent: Stanhope Parish (Part of). Stanhope Township (Part of). All that part of the Township of Stanhope which lies between the road leading past High Farm to East Gate and Hagg Bridge on the West, and Stanhope Burn on the East, with the exception of that part of the Town of Stanhope which lies on the West side of Stanhope Burn, including High Farm, Bewdley, Greenhead, Noahs Ark and that part of Stanhope Common in a line therewith.
Extent: Stanhope Parish (Part of). Stanhope Township (Part of). All that part of the Township of Stanhope (with the exception of the Town of Stanhope) which lies on the East side of Stanhope Burn, including Weather Hill, Stewart Shield Meadows, Stanhope Lead Mill, Crawleyside, Ashes House, Jolly Body, Shittlehopeside, Shittlehopeburn, Rogerley Hall and that part of Stanhope Common in a line therewith. Note: including Parkhead, upon Stanhope Common.
Extent: The Town of Stanhope, including Stanhope Castle and grounds, Stanhope Hall, Stanhope Hall Mill, Horn Hall, New Town, Bridge End, New Field and East Lane.
Extent: Stanhope Parish (Part of). Newlandside Township (Part of). All that part of the Township of Newlandside which lies on the North side of the Rivulet called Dryburn, including that part of Bollihope Common in a line therewith.
Extent: Newlandside Township (Part of) and Bishopley Township. All that part of the Township of Newlandside which lies on the South side of the Rivulet called Dryburn together with the township of Bishopley, including Hill End, Brown's House, Bishopley Hamlet, Bollihope Shield that part of Bollihope Common in a line therewith.
The survey date for each map area can be read at the bottom left-hand corner of the 1895 revisions of each map sheet, which can be viewed on-line on the National Library of Scotland website at NLS Durham Index.
Until November 2021, the 1st edition 25 inch OS maps could be viewed on-line, for non-commercial purposes, on the website www.old-maps.co.uk. That website has now been closed, but the following files contain snapshots taken from old-maps of all the railways in the Weardale area and some other areas of Weardale with railway interest.
Also here are high resolution scans of the 1st edition 25 inch OS maps of Frosterley as originally surveyed (from British Library) and of Crawleyside/Stanhopeburn, Weatherhill and Park Head (from original printed copies).
106 snapshots from old-maps, covering Bishop Auckland, to Wear Valley Junction, to Crook and surrounding areas, to Tow Law and surrounding areas, to Waskerley.
34 snapshots from old-maps, covering Hownsgill, to Waskerley, to Crawleyside, to Stanhopeburn.
57 snapshots from old-maps, covering Wear Valley Junction, to Wolsingham, to Frosterley, to Stanhope and Newlandside, and Bishopley Branch and old waggonway to Bollihope.
66 snapshots from old-maps, covering Parkhead, to Boltslaw, to Rookhope, to Bishopseat, to Heights, to Middlehope Valley, and Rookhope Valley to Groverake and North Grain.
23 snapshots from old-maps, covering the route from Stanhope to Wearhead and some quarries and mines, including High Slit Mine, Middlehope Bank, Harthope, Greenlaws Mine, New House, Burtreeford, Burtree Pasture Mine, Cowhorse Level and Killhope Park Lead Mine.
Scan from British Library copy, showing railway terminating at Frosterley and with Frosterley Engine Shed (as building 240, but not connected). Zoom to 400% for close-up view.
Scan from original paper copy, showing Crawley Engine, part of Stanhope Burn Iron Works, Lanehead Quarry, Red Vein Quarry, Noah's Ark Quarry, West Pasture Mine, Stanhopeburn Washing, Shield Hirst Level, Stanhope Smelting Mill. Zoom to 400% for close-up view.
Scan from original paper copy, showing Weatherhill Incline, Weatherhill Engine and Park Head Depot. Zoom to 400% for close-up view.
Scan from original paper copy, showing Pease's Quarry (Sandstone), near Park Head Depot. Zoom to 400% for close-up view.
This section gives details of what was done and of the POW camps.
Stanhope POW camp, also called Newlandside Working Camp, was near Stanhope engine shed. POWs from here worked limestone at Newlandside quarry, Rogerley quarry and Newfield quarry (at the east end of Ashes quarry, Stanhope). The Stanhope camp was established on 18 August 1916 and inspected on 19 September 1916, when it held 220 German POWs housed in 24 bell tents.
The only detailed information on Eastgate camp is in the inspection reports which are on this website.
These are Swiss Embassy reports from 1917 and 1918, held in the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, reference BA/Berlin/R901/83061.
Scans of copies from the Bundesarchiv have kindly been provided by Professor Panayi of De Montfort University, Leicester.
Eastgate POW camp was at Rose Hill Farm to the west of Eastgate and east of Heights quarry.
It was established on 18 September 1916.
POWs from here worked limestone at Heights quarry, and between October 1916 and June 1917 built the Heights Quarry Incline, also called Cambokeels Incline, from Heights quarry down to the North Eastern Railway Wear Valley Branch at Cambokeels.
The camp was inspected on 18 June 1917, when it held 210 POWs housed mainly in huts.
Some POWs had been working on building the new quarry incline "until a week ago" and the incline "is now practically complete".
Note that this proves that the much published date of 1915 for the building of the Heights Quarry Incline is incorrect.
The camp was inspected again on 18 February 1918, when it held 310 POWs housed in huts.
Casleside POW camp, also called Healeyfield Working Camp, was near Healeyfield ganister quarry where the POWs worked. It was established on 18 August 1916 and inspected on 18 September 1916, when it held 110 German POWs housed in bell tents.
Harperley POW camp was initially at Harperley Farm (with tents) and then moved to Shipley Moss (with huts), near Knitsley Fell ganister quarry where the POWs worked. The camp was opened in September 1916 and inspected in June 1917 and again Febraury 1918. In June 1917 it held 230 POWs.