Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dilston

Dilston, township, Corbridge par., S. Northumberland, on Devil's Water, 2½ m. SE. of Hexham, 2224 ac. (57 water), pop. 206. Dilston Castle (in ruins) was the residence of the last Earl of Derwentwater (1689-1716).


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Corbridge AP/CP       Dilston CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Dilston

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