A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WEARDALE-ST. JOHN, a chapelry, with a village, in Stanhope parish, Durham; on the river Wear, 7 miles W of Stanhope r. station. It has a post-office,‡ of the name of St. John's Chapel, under Darlington, a market-cross, a weekly market on Saturday, and a fair on 4 July. Rated property, £8,369. Pop., 3,100. The property is subdivided. Lead mines employ many of the inhabitants, and belong to W. B. Beaumont, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of D. The church is good; and there are four dissenting chapels, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stanhope AP/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Weardale St John |
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