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STAINDROP, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Teesdale district, Durham. The village stands 2 miles NNW of Winston r. station, and 5½ SW of Bishop-Auckland; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office‡ under Darlington, an inn, and a library with news-room. The township comprises 1,751 acres. Real property, £5,655. Pop., 1,333. Houses, 318. The parish includes five other townships, and comprises 11,837 acres. Pop., 2,406. Houses, 535. The property is subdivided. Raby Park is a prominent feature. Lead works are in Langleydale. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Cockfield. The church is partly early English, partly perpendicular; was restored in 1849; and contains sedilia, oak stalls, and rich monuments of two Earls of Westmoreland and the late Duchess of Cleveland. The vicarage of Ingleton is a separate benefice. There are four dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £128.—The sub-district contains 3 parishes and 2 parts. Acres, 26,828. Pop., 5,246. Houses, 1,092.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Staindrop AP/CP Staindrop SubD Teesdale RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Staindrop |
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