Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lambton

Lambton, township, Chester-le-Street par., Durham, on river Wear, 6½ miles NE. of Durham, 684 ac., pop. 151. Lambton Castle is the seat of the Earl of Durham, to whom the manor gives the title of viscount.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chester le Street CP/AP/Ch       Lambton Tn/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Lambton

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