Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WINLATON

WINLATON, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Gateshead district, Durham. The village stands 1¼ mile SSW of Blaydon r. station; originated in extensive ironworks, removed to it, in 1690, from Sunderland, by Sir A. Crawley; carries on a great manufacture of anchors, anvils, chains, spades, edge-tools, files, and kindred articles; and has a post-office under Blaydon-on-Tyne, a mechanics' institute, and a subscription library. The township extends to the rivers Derwent and Tyne; and comprises 5,029 acres of land , and 82 of water. Real property, £18,226; of which £5,132 are in mines, £42 in quarries, £70 in fisheries, £210 in railways, and £30 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 5,627; in 1861, 6,809. Houses, 1,252. The increase of pop. arose from extension of collieries. The parish includes Chopwell township, was part of Ryton parish till 1832, and comprises 8,261 acres. Pop. in 1851, 6,085; in 1861, 7,372. Houses, 1,354. Winlaton manor is divided among four; and Chopwell manor belongs to the Marquis of Bute. Axwell Park forms a manor in itself, and is the seat of Sir W. Clavering, Bart. Works for refining lead are on the Tyne. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £265.* Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church was built in 1828. A chapel of ease is at Chopwell. There are four dissenting chapels and two national schools. The sub-district includes Ryton parish.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Winlaton Tn/CP       Winlaton SubD       Gateshead RegD/PLU       County Durham AncC
Place: Winlaton

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