Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mainsforth

Mainsforth, township, Bishop Middleham par., Durham, on river Little Skerne, 74 miles E. of Bishop Auckland, 653 ac., pop. 114; contains Mainsforth Hall, seat, and an ancient camp.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bishop Middleham AP/CP       Mainsforth Tn/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Mainsforth

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