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East Law

Coordinates: 54°53′06″N 1°50′53″W / 54.885°N 1.848°W / 54.885; -1.848
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East Law
East Law is located in County Durham
East Law
East Law
Location within County Durham
OS grid referenceNZ095545
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDURHAM
Postcode districtDH8
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°53′06″N 1°50′53″W / 54.885°N 1.848°W / 54.885; -1.848

East Law is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated on the A694 to the north of Consett and north east of Shotley Bridge. It is located south west of Ebchester, of which it can be (probably mistakenly) considered an outlying part.

Derwent Hill, a Georgian mansion built in 1820, was the residence of the Quaker and engineer Edwin Octavius Tregelles. He moved there after his marriage to Elizabeth Richardson in 1850 and left in 1877. Elizabeth was the sister of Jonathan Richardson, of Shotley Park, founder of the Derwent Iron Company (later the Consett Iron Company).[1][2]

The farm buildings at West Law (to the south of East Law) built in the late 17th century are listed buildings.[3]

The River Derwent flows south west to north east in the valley to the village's south west, forming a border with neighbouring Northumberland.


References

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  1. ^ O'Donnell, Elizabeth (2003). "Deviating from the Path of Safety: The Rise and Fall of a Nineteenth Century Quaker Meeting". Quaker Studies. 8 (1): 72–73.
  2. ^ Fox, Sarah E. (1892). Edwin Octavius Tregelles, Civil Engineer and Minister of the Gospel.
  3. ^ "English Heritage Listing".
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