Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sherburn

Sherburn, township and vil. with ry. sta. (Sherburn Colliery), Pittington par., in co. and 2½ miles E. of Durham, 1310 ac., pop. 2640; P.O., T.O.; has extensive coal mines; near the vil. is Sherburn Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Pittington CP/AP       Sherburn Tn/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Sherburn

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