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Crawleyside

Crawleyside is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Stanhope, in Weardale. In the 2001 census Crawleyside had a population of 170. Crawleyside is on the B6278 road from Stanhope to Edmundbyers and Consett. For cyclists, the 1-in-5 (20%) ascent north through the village is described as "punishing". Crawleyside is described by the author of a walking guide published in 1883 as "a pictureque spot on the hillside immediately overlooking Stanhope; the ascent is rather steep but the prospect is unsurpassed". The settlement is simply named Crawley on an Ordnance Survey map published in 1861. The short-lived Crawley railway station was in operation, 1845–6. The Hogg Hill tunnel entrances north of the village on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway were built in 1832–3 and are Grade II listed. They were designed by T. E. Harrison, with Robert Stephenson as consulting engineer. The railway transported lime from the lime kilns at Lanehead Quarry, west of the village to Consett Ironworks. Earlier lime kilns from 1834 were superseded by a more substantial set in 1845, which were in operation until 1901. Ironstone, whinstone and lead had also been mined and processed, but from 1930 onwards only the quarrying of limestone took place.…

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Crawleyside is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Stanhope, in Weardale. In the 2001 census Crawleyside had a population of 170. Crawleyside is on the B6278 road from Stanhope to Edmundbyers and Consett. For cyclists, the 1-in-5 (20%) ascent north through the village is described as "punishing". Crawleyside is described by the author of a walking guide published in 1883 as "a pictureque spot on the hillside immediately overlooking Stanhope; the ascent is rather steep but the prospect is unsurpassed". The settlement is simply named Crawley on an Ordnance Survey map published in 1861. The short-lived Crawley railway station was in operation, 1845–6. The Hogg Hill tunnel entrances north of the village on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway were built in 1832–3 and are Grade II listed. They were designed by T. E. Harrison, with Robert Stephenson as consulting engineer. The railway transported lime from the lime kilns at Lanehead Quarry, west of the village to Consett Ironworks. Earlier lime kilns from 1834 were superseded by a more substantial set in 1845, which were in operation until 1901. Ironstone, whinstone and lead had also been mined and processed, but from 1930 onwards only the quarrying of limestone took place.…

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  1. publication date: 1883 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 1861 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1883". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "1861". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295433866

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