Howden-le-Wear
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Howden-le-Wear is a village in County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...

, in England
England
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. Howden-le-Wear is approximately 1 mile south of the large market town of Crook
Crook, County Durham
Crook is a market town in County Durham, England. It is situated about 10 miles south-west of Durham.Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham...

. It has numerous shops including the village Spar
Spar
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and the petrol station.
The 2001 Census reported that Howden has a population of 1,234.
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