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.
SHERBURN, a township, with a village, in Pittington parish, Durhamshire; on the Northeastern and the Durham and Sunderland railways, 2¾ miles E of Durham. It has stations on the railways, and a post-office under Durham. Acres, 1,303. Real property, £17,331; of which £13,850 are in mines, and £164 in railways. Pop., 2,380. Houses, 482. Coal is extensively worked. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a reading room, and national schools. See Sherburn Hospital.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pittington CP/AP Sherburn Tn/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Sherburn |
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