Lanchester Co. Durham Main Street 1980s Noel Tatt

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  A corner of Main Street, Lanchester, Co. Durham
• Publisher:  Noel Tatt Ltd., Folkestone - Limited Edition postcard (of 1,000) - no date but probably 1980s.
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, and was in the former district of Derwentside (1975–2009). It is 8 miles (13 km) to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles (8 km) from the former steel town of Consett, and has a population of slightly over 4,000 people.^[1]

Although there was a small drift mine on the edge of the village which closed in the 1970s, Lanchester's economy was mainly based on agriculture. It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s. The village centre now has three pubs and a small shopping centre. Recently, thanks to the Lanchester Partnership, a cycle track was opened on the 25 April 2009.

Longovicium was a Roman fort situated about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southwest of Lanchester. The fort guarded the Roman road Dere Street, between York and the large supply base at Coria (Corbridge) just south of Hadrian's Wall. The fort dates to AD140^[2], covers almost 6 acres (2.4 ha)^[2], and held around 1000 foot soldiers and cavalry. The fort foundations are well preserved, but there has only been minor excavation work carried out in 1937. Stone from the fort was used in the construction of All Saints Church, which has a Roman altar (one of many found in or near the fort) which was found near the fort in 1893 in its porch,^[3]