Hamsterley
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Hamsterley may refer to the following places:
Hamsterley is also a surname
and may be:
- Hamsterley, Bishop AucklandHamsterley, Bishop AucklandHamsterley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles west of Bishop Auckland.The village lies on a rise above the upper reaches of the Wear valley. To the west of the village the land rises to Hamsterley Common at the eastern edge of the fell country which lies between the...
, England - Hamsterley, ConsettHamsterley, ConsettHamsterley is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of Consett. Known until recently as Hamsterley Colliery due to the large Mining Colliery which was situated to the south of the village along the southern banks of River Derwent...
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Hamsterley is also a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
and may be:
- Ralph HamsterleyRalph HamsterleyRalph Hamsterley was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Hamsterley was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He had livings and canonries in Durham, Essex, and Northamptonshire. He was rector at Oddington in Otmoor, west Oxfordshire. In 1507 and 1508, he failed to become Warden of...
(died 1518), Master of University College, Oxford