Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Muggleswick

Muggleswick, par. and vil., Durham, on river Derwent, 3 ½ m. W. of Consett and 8 ½ NW. of Wolsingham, 13,086 ac., pop. 841; has lead mines, and remains of an ancient hunting-seat of the priors of Durham.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Muggleswick AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Muggleswick

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