In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kilhope Law like this:
KILHOPE-LAW, a mountain on the mutual border of Durham and Northumberland; immediately E of their meeting point with Cumberland at Kilhope-Cross. It has an altitude of 2, 196 feet. The river Wear rises on its SW side.
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Kilhope Law through time
Kilhope Law is now part of Wear Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kilhope Law itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilhope Law, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25856
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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