Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITTONSTALL

WHITTONSTALL, a township-chapelry in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; 3¼ miles N NW of Shotley-Bridge, and 3½ SSW of Stocksfield r. station. Post town, Stocksfield, Northumberland. Acres, 1,968. Pop., 219. Houses, 39. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £45.* Patrons, the Trustees of Lord Crewe. The church was built in 1832.


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

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Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bywell St Peter CP/AP       Whittonstall CP/Ch       Northumberland AncC
Place: Whittonstall

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