A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COLLIERLEY, a township and a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durham. The township lies on an affluent of the river Derwent, adjacent to the Stanhope and Tyne railway, 6 miles NNE of Cold-Rowley r. station, and 9 SW of Gateshead; and it includes Dipton and Pontop, the former of which has a post office under Gates-head. Acres, 1,855. Real property, £3, 286; of which £1, 300 are in mines. Pop., 1, 322. Houses, 265. The chapelry was constituted in 1842; and is more extensive than the township. Rated property, £6, 565. Pop., 3, 223. Houses, 642. The property is subdivided. Coal is worked. The surface rises, at Pontop-Pike, to the altitude of 1, 018 feet. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Collierley |
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