Category:Quaking Houses
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English: Quaking Houses is a small village near to the town of Stanley in County Durham, in England. It may have been originally settled by Quakers, but during the Industrial Revolution it developed into a mining village with traditional terraced houses. The Quaker origin is supported by the 1873 name for a mine with two shafts at the village called Quaker House Pit. However, an alternative origin is suggested by the following; the 1865 OS Map shows a farm called Quaking House to the north at Anfield Plain and a colliery railway line ran past this farm branching to the village mine. This colliery railway line was called the Quaking House Branch Line. An amusing colloquial name for the village was "nanny goat island" perhaps reflecting the livestock kept in the extensive allotments and grazing area around the village.
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Media in category "Quaking Houses"
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Quaking Houses - geograph.org.uk - 84079.jpg 640 × 480; 60 KB
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Chapmans Well Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 324477.jpg 640 × 480; 92 KB
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Ousterley Wood - geograph.org.uk - 688604.jpg 640 × 480; 133 KB
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West Ousterley Road - geograph.org.uk - 688615.jpg 640 × 480; 98 KB