Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KNIGHTS-HOLE

KNIGHTS-HOLE, a limestone cavern in the E of Durham; near Thornley hill, 4 miles SW of Easington. It seems partly natural, partly enlarged by art; it communicates with an ancient chapel, about 60 feet to the N; and it is said to have afforded escape to two priests in the time of Elizabeth.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a limestone cavern"   (ADL Feature Type: "caves")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Knights Hole

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