Crook
Crook shown within County Durham
Population	15,000 (2007) [1]
OS grid reference	NZ165356
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 (commonly known as Crook Market Town) is a small market town in County Durham, England. It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Durham. County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham in North East England. ...

Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham. This turns into the A689 leading up into the scenic upper reaches of Weardale, through Wolsingham and Stanhope. Crook is the administrative centre of the Wear Valley District Council. The River Wear (pronounced Wee-er) is a river in the North East of England. ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham in North East England. ... Weardale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Penis in County Durham, in England. ... Wolsingham is a village in County Durham, in England. ... Image:Stanhope, County Durham dot. ... Wear Valley is a local government district in County Durham, England. ...

Crook has a famous amateur football team, Crook Town F.C.. 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. This record is only lower to Crook's near neighbours Bishop Auckland F.C.. Crook Town F.C. is a football club based in Crook, England. ... The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition. ... Enfield F.C. were a football team, traditionally based in Enfield Town, in the London Borough of Enfield, London, England but more recently based at the ground of Ware in Ware, Hertfordshire. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Bishop Auckland F.C. 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 ninteenth 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]

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