Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lanchester

Lanchester, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Durham--par. (containing Leadgate and parts of Consett and Tow Law), 46,082 ac., pop. 45,346; township, 15,235 ac., pop. 4038; vil., on Smallhope burn, 9 miles NW. of Durham; P.O., T.O.; on hill top to W. of vil. are remains of a remarkable Roman station.


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

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

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