A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
SHOTLEY-BRIDGE, a village in Lanchester parish, Durham; on the river Derwent, near the Consett branch of the Northeastern railway, and 13 miles SW of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It was mainly settled by German sword-cutlers, religions refugees from Germany, in the time of William III.; rose to importance, in conjunction with Consett, as the centre of a great coalmining and iron-working region; is a seat of petty-sessions and county-courts; occupies a romantic site; and has a post-office‡ under Gateshead, a r. station, a townhall of 1861, a church of 1850, and three dissenting chapels. Extensive iron-works are about 2 miles distant; and a large paper-manufactory is at Shotley-Grove. S. Hall is the seat of T. Wilson, Esq.; S. Park, of Miss Wallace; and a mansion, formerly the Spa hotel, of R. Dickinson, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lanchester AP/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Shotley Bridge |
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