Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROFT

CROFT, a village, a township, and a parish in the district of Darlington, and N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Tees, adjacent to the York and New-Castle railway, at the boundary with Durham, 2¾ miles S of Darlington; and has, on the Durham side of the river, a station on the railway and a post office under Darlington. It is a watering-place, with sulphureous and saline springs; has a good hotel, lodging-houses, and baths, and a handsome stone bridge; and was the birth-place of Thomas Burnet, the philosopher and divine. The township includes also the hamlet of Halnaby, and part of the parish of Great Smeaton. Acres, 1, 482. Real property, £6, 138; of which £725 are in railways. Pop., 466. Houses, 73. The parish contains also the township of Dalton-upon-Tees, and part of the township of Stapleton. Acres, 7, 030. Assessed property, £9, 105. Pop., 761. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Croft Hall, belongs to Sir W. Chaytor, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £825.* Patron, the Crown. The church is English, of various styles; has a quaint, weather-worn, ancient appearance; contains monuments of the Clervaux, ancestors of the Chaytors: and is good. There are charities £10.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Croft on Tees AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Croft on Tees

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