Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sherburn House

Sherburn House, par. and ry. sta., in co. and 3 miles SE. of Durham, 740 ac., pop. 196; the magnificent hospital, founded in 1181, is now an almshouse, and retains the Norman chapel and doorway of the tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sherburn House CP/ExP       County Durham AncC
Place: Sherburn

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