Quebec, County Durham
| Quebec | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
 Quebec | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ181436 |
| Location: | 54°47’17"N, 1°42’47"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | DH7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Durham |
Quebec is a small village in County Durham, a tiny place with a pub, west of the City of Durham, on the line of the Roman road known as Dere Street.
This was once a coal mining village. It is 6 miles west of Durham, and close to the villages of Esh, Cornsay Colliery, Esh Winning and Langley Park. The village public house is the Hamsteels Inn, and there is a hotel, Hamsteels Hall. Quebec has a church, St John the Baptist Hamsteels, a village hall, a playground and a used car dealership.
Name
The village takes its name from the more famous city of Quebec, in Canada. The fields in the area were enclosed in 1759, the year Quebec was captured from France, and so the location was named in commemoration of the victory. Not far away is the village of Toronto.
History
The Roman road known as Dere Street passes through the village on its way from Yorkshire to Hadrian's Wall via the Roman fort at Lanchester.
Sport
In 1902, after the village's Hamsteels Rugby Club was beaten 77-0 in a match at Quebec against Hartlepool Rovers, the West Hartlepool Mail's rugby correspondent described Quebec as an "outlandish place". Today, the village has only football teams.
- Football:
- Hamsteels Inn FC
- The Hammers FC, who play at Quebec's Hamsteels Colliery Welfare Ground
- Steelers FC, based in Langley Park
Outside links
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