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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.
TRIMDON, a parish, with two villages, in Stockton district, Durham; on the Hartlepooland Ferryhill railway, 6 miles E of Ferryhill. It has a post-office of T. under Ferryhill, another post-office‡ of T. Grange under Ferryhill, and a r. station. Acres, 2,280. Real property, £10,318; of which £4,020 are in mines, and £146 in railways. Pop. in 1851, 1,598; in 1861, 2,975. Houses, 561. The increase of pop. arose from extension of coal mining. The property is much subdivided. The manor, with T. House, belongs to Major-Gen. Beckwith. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £180.* Patron, Major-Gen. Beckwith. The church is tolerable; and there are an endowed lectureship with £21 a year, and a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with two villages" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Trimdon Ch/CP Stockton RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Trimdon |
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