Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Consett

Consett, town and eccl. dist. with ry. sta., Ebchester and Lanchester pars., N. Durham, on river Derwent, 7½ miles NE. of- Wolsingham and 277 miles NW. of London -- eccl. dist., pop. 7708; town, pop. 7163; P.O. T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper; has coal mines and ironworks.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and ecclesiastical district with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Consett CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Consett

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