Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PONTOP

PONTOP, a village in Collierley township, Lanchester parish, Durham; under P. Pike, 9½ miles S W of Gates-head. P. Pike is a mountain 1,018 feet high.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lanchester AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Pontop

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