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Inkerman, County Durham

Coordinates: 54°45′14″N 1°49′41″W / 54.754°N 1.828°W / 54.754; -1.828
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Inkerman
Inkerman Road
Inkerman is located in County Durham
Inkerman
Inkerman
Location within County Durham
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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County Durham
54°45′14″N 1°49′41″W / 54.754°N 1.828°W / 54.754; -1.828

Inkerman was a village in County Durham, England.[1] Built in 1854–1855 a short distance to the north-west of Tow Law to house ironstone miners, it was named after the victorious Battle of Inkerman of the Crimean War, similarly to Balaclava,[citation needed] another County Durham village. In the 1930s the mines in the area went into liquidation, and the village was demolished in 1938.[citation needed]

Present-day maps retain the name for the handful of houses around the junction of the A68 and Inkerman Road.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 92 Barnard Castle & Richmond (Teesdale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319228982.