| Crook | |
  Crook shown within County Durham |
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| Population | 15,000 (2007) [1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Wear Valley |
| Shire county | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CROOK |
| Postcode district | DL15 |
| Dialling code | 01388 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
| European Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | North West Durham |
| List of places: UK • England • County Durham | |
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Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham. The River Wear (wɪə("wee-er" is a river in North East England, rising in the Pennines and flowing eastwards mostly through County Durham, Durham (ˈdʌrəm in RP, locally ˈdʏrəm is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham, England This turns into the A689 leading up into the scenic upper reaches of Weardale, through Wolsingham and Stanhope. Weardale is a dale or Valley, of the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, in England. Stanhope (pronounced in the regional dialect "Stanup" or "Stan'ope" is a small market town in County Durham, in England. Crook is the administrative centre of the Wear Valley District Council. Wear Valley is a local government district in County Durham, England.
Crook has a famous amateur football team, Crook Town F.C.. Crook Town AFC is a football club based in Crook, England. The club is a member of Northern League Division Two and play at The Millfield Ground Crook Town have won the FA Amateur Cup five times, whilst also once reaching the third round of the FA Cup, most recently beating Enfield F.C. in 1964, before the cup was abolished in 1974. The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition The cup was launched by The Football Association in 1893 as a response to the domination Enfield (1893 FC (often known as Enfield 1893 and still just Enfield) is a football club formed in June 2007 after Enfield F Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. This record is only lower to Crook's near neighbours Bishop Auckland F.C.. Bishop Auckland Football Club are an English football team based in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
History
Crook first appeared as an agricultural village around 1800. [2] 40 years later; Crook became a mining village, and thrived as the coal was very close to the surface [3] and soon there were over 20 mines around the crook area, and by the end of the nineteenth century the town had developed rapidly in population and economy. However a lot of the population in the area had declined in the following century as the coal mines and industries closed with over 34% of the population being unemployed. [4]
Famous Residents
James Dunnill. Children's entertainer.
References
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