Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRUNTON (East and West)

BRUNTON (East and West), two townships in Gosforth parish, Northumberland; 4 miles N of Newcastle. Acres, 953 and 1,134. Pop., 134 and 128. Houses, 25 and 24. Coal of superior quality exists here; but has, in great measure, been worked out.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "two townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gosforth CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: East Brunton

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