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.
SOCKBURN, a township in Durham, and a parish partly also in N. R. Yorkshire, but all in Darlington district. The township lies within a fold of the river Tees, 3 miles ENE of Dalton-Junction r. station, and 6½ SE by S of Darlington; and is celebrated in the legendary ballad of "Sockburn Worm." Acres, 653. Real property, £848. Pop., 59. The parish includes two other townships, and comprises 2,638 acres. Post town, Darlington. Pop., 231. Houses, 41. The manor belonged to the Conyerses, and passed to the Blacketts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £190. Patron, not reported. The church is early English.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Darlington RegD/PLU County Durham AncC Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Sockburn |
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