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  Crook shown within County Durham |
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| Population | 15,000 (2007) [1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| 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 |
| UK Parliament | North West Durham |
| European Parliament | North East England |
| List of places: UK • England • County Durham | |
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. 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. 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..
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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| North East England Portal | |
| Unitary authorities | Borough of Darlington · Borough of Hartlepool · Borough of Stockton-on-Tees |
| Boroughs or districts | District of Chester-le-Street · District of Derwentside · City of Durham · District of Easington · Borough of Sedgefield · District of Teesdale · District of Wear Valley |
| Cities and towns | Barnard Castle · Billingham · Bishop Auckland · Chester-le-Street · Consett · Crook · Darlington · Durham · Eaglescliffe · Easingon · Ferryhill · Hartlepool · Newton Aycliffe · Peterlee · Seaham · Sedgefield · Shildon · Spennymoor · Stanley · Stockton-on-Tees · Willington See also: List of civil parishes in County Durham |
| Topics | Parliamentary constituencies · Places |
