5-671: Bear Park is the name of: Bearpark , a village in County Durham, in England Bear Park, North Yorkshire , a manor house and estate in England Bear Park Township, Norman County, Minnesota , a settlement in the United States See also [ edit ] Michael Bearpark , English scientist and musician North Sydney Oval , also known as Bear Park due to being
10-643: A mile to the north of the present village lies the ruins of Beaurepaire Priory, built in 1258 by the Prior of Durham , Bertram de Middleton, as a retirement residence. The building was extended in the subsequent three centuries, becoming a retreat for the Durham monks in a similar way to the nearby Finchale Priory . The manor was largely destroyed by the Scots in 1640 and 1644 during the British Civil War . In 1872, Theodore Fry
15-559: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bearpark Bearpark is a village and civil parish in County Durham in England . It is situated two and a half miles west of Durham , and a short distance to the north of Ushaw Moor . The name may be a corruption of the French term Beau Repaire – meaning "beautiful retreat". Half
20-589: The traditional home of the North Sydney Bears , a Rugby league team based in the area Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bear Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bear_Park&oldid=1250271840 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-604: Was involved in founding the Bearpark Coal and Coke Company, which established a coal mine in Bearpark until 1984, when the mine was closed. Bearpark Community Centre is at the hub of the local village, a red brick building originally built in 1921 as a miners' welfare hall. An old pit wheel stands in front of the building, a memorial to the village's mining history. Bearpark featured on the BBC radio and television series Uncanny , citing
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