Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pontop

Pontop, vil., Lanchester par., Durham, under Pontop Pike, 10 miles SW. of Gateshead; in vicinity is Pontop Hall, seat; Pontop Pike is a hill 1018 ft. in height.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lanchester AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Pontop

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