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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.
WESTOE, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in South Shields district, Durham. The township is in Jarrow parish; lies on the river Tyne, contiguous to South Shields township; forms a main part of South Shields town and borough; contains South-Shields workhouse and new docks; and has a post-office under South Shields. Acres, 2,070; of which 275 are water. Real property, £52,998; of which £3,000 are in mines, £56 in quarries, £94 in fisheries, £150 in railways, and £300 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 19,349: in 1861, 26,266. Houses, 3,234. The increase of pop. arose from town extension, and from the formation of the new docks. See Shields (South).—The chapelry includes part of the township, and extends beyond it. Pop., about 7,000. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of D.-- The sub-district includes Harton township, and Whitburn and Boldon parishes; and comprises 12,155 acres. Pop., 29,382. Houses, 3,846.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Westoe CP/Tn South Shields RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Westoe |
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