{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}} {{distinguish|Craighead (disambiguation){{!}}Craighead}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Craghead | civil_parish = [[Stanley, County Durham|Stanley]] | country = England | region = North East England | coordinates = {{Coord|54|51|N|1|40|W|region:GB_type:city|display=title}} | os_grid_reference = | post_town = STANLEY | postcode_area = DH | postcode_district = DH9 | dial_code = 01207 | constituency_westminster = | unitary_england = [[County Durham (district)|County Durham]] | lieutenancy_england = [[County Durham|Durham]] | hide_services = Yes | population = | population_ref = | area_total_km2 = | static_image = Craghead. County Durham.jpg | static_image_caption = Edward Street | website = }} '''Craghead''' is a village and former [[civil parish]], now in the parish of [[Stanley, County Durham|Stanley]], in the [[County Durham (district)|County Durham]] district, in the ceremonial county of [[County Durham|Durham]], England.<ref name=OS88>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 88 ''Newcastle upon Tyne (Durham & Sunderland)''|ISBN= 9780319229989 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date= 1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> A former [[Pit village|mining village]], it is located at the bottom of the valley to the south of Stanley, on the main road between Stanley and Durham, and not far from the village of [[Edmondsley]]. In 1931, the parish had a population of 4,973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10132563/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Craghead CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=6 August 2023}}</ref> From 1869, Craghead was a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1937, the parish was abolished and merged with Stanley and [[Lanchester, County Durham|Lanchester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10132563|title=Relationships and changes Craghead CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=6 August 2023}}</ref>
In 1938, Craghead was the subject of a [[BBC]] radio programme called ''Coal''. The closure of the coal mine in 1969<ref name="k111">{{cite web | last=Museum | first=Durham Mining | title=Craghead Colliery | website=Durham Mining Museum | date=1969-04-11 | url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/c007.htm | access-date=2026-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Museum | first=Durham Mining | title=Craghead Colliery | website=Durham Mining Museum | date=1969-04-11 | url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/c007.htm | access-date=2026-04-11}}</ref> featured in a [[BBC Two]] TV documentary programme in the ''A Year in the Life'' series, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0142md7|title=For Craghead: June 1968-June 1969|publisher=[[BBC Archives]]|accessdate=13 April 2026}}</ref> and the village featured in a follow-up programme in the ''A Year in the life: Twenty Years On'' series in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0142mlf |title=Twenty Years On: Craghead|publisher=[[BBC Archives]]|accessdate=13 April 2026}}</ref>
The village still has some reminders of its industrial past, including a [[colliery band|colliery brass band]]. [[Craghead United F.C.]], a defunct association football club, was based here.
[[File:St Thomas'sChurch, Craghead - geograph.org.uk - 994445.jpg|thumb|left|St Thomas' Church]] Public houses in Craghead include the Punch Bowl. Craghead is also well known for its wind farm, with two wind turbines on a hill known as the Craghead Windmills.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Craghead}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQyxIH1Px20 For Craghead: June 1968-June 1969, A Year in the Life BBC2 documentary programme] * [https://www.yfanefa.com/record/27352 Craghead: A Village on the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, 1954 amateur documentary by the Headmaster and Assistant Master of Bloemfontein School, Craghead] [[Category:Villages in County Durham]] [[Category:Category D villages]] [[Category:Former civil parishes in County Durham]] [[Category:Stanley, County Durham]]
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