A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ROOKHOPE, a chapelry in Stanhope parish, Durham; on a brook of its own name, an affluent of the river Wear, 4¾ miles N W of Stanhope r. station. Post-town, Stanhope, under Darlington. The statistics arereturned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stanhope AP/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Rookhope |
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