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Urpeth is a village and civil parish in County Durham. Village: the village of Urpeth is located just east of Ouston and about 8 miles north of Durham City. The village grew during the 19th century in association with mining, particularly at Urpeth Colliery, which operated until 1957. In the past Urpeth was a township of Chester-le-Street and had a population of 524 recorded in 1801.[1] By 1835, the population of the township was recorded as 716. In 1837 Edward Fenwick Boyd moved to Urpeth and became resident viewer of Urpeth Colliery. Boyd was a founding member of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Parish of Urpeth: The parish includes the villages of Urpeth, Low Upeth, High Urpeth, Beamish, West Pelton, and High Hold. In High Upeth is Urpeth Hall, which is a listed building, and once the centre of an extensive estate.

"URPETH: a township, in that part of the parish of CHESTER LE STREET which is in the Middle Division of CHESTER ward county palatine of DURHAM, 9 miles N by W from Durham, containing 716 inhabitants, who are mostly employed in the extensive coal mines adjacent." (Samuel Lewis, 1835)

Urpeth (Urpeth Grange) is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance from Ouston and Beamish, near the border with Tyne and Wear. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 3,630.

Urpeth started its life as a coal mining area with multiple seams of coal being mined from various locations around the current housing estate. Urpeth Colliery was owned by the Birtley Iron Company and during its heyday employed 300 men and boys. The on site coke ovens produced up to 470 tons of coke each day.

Geographically Urpeth is situated to the west of Ouston and is surrounded by fields and rolling hills. Standing in Urpeth's only play park, one cannot see Ouston as there is a hill which blocks the view.

This hill was formed from the coal spoils from both the Ouston and Urpeth collieries.

The hill provides local children with an area for sledging during winter and dog walkers throughout the year.

There are currently two main businesses run within Urpeth which is the "Spar" Newsagents and The Cherry Tree pub.

Urpeth was once host to a controversial landfill site to the south west of its main location. The site was used for the disposal of low level radioactive waste along with three other sites at Kibblesworth, Ryton and Cowpen Bewley. However, since the late 1990s the site was closed and a methane burner sits on the site.

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County Durham West Pelton Beamish (Village) Ouston Urpeth Civil Parish Pelton district, 1848 Edward Fenwick Boyd (1810 - 1889) Urpeth Colliery (1835 - 1957) Urpeth Hall Urpeth Township, 1848
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