Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Elswick

Elswick.-- township, Newcastle St John par., S. Northumb., in W. of Newcastle parl. bor., 807 ac. and 97 tidal water, pop. 34,642; contains Elswick Hall; at Elswick are Sir William Armstrong's ordnance works.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Elswick

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