Inkerman, County Durham
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox UK place Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Inkerman was a village in County Durham, England.<ref name=OS92>Template:Cite map</ref> Built in 1854–1855 a short distance to the north-west of Tow Law to house ironstone miners, it was named after the victorious Battle of Inkerman of the Crimean War, similarly to Balaclava,Template:Citation needed another County Durham village. In the 1930s the mines in the area went into liquidation, and the village was demolished in 1938.Template:Citation needed
Present-day maps retain the name for the handful of houses around the junction of the A68 and Inkerman Road.<ref name="OS92" />